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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Audiobook narrated by
Rosalyn Landor
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This was such a sweet story.
Historical romance with all the emotional tension and honour from the English ton.
The narrator really made the story come alive.
Rosalyn Landor
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was such a sweet story.
Historical romance with all the emotional tension and honour from the English ton.
The narrator really made the story come alive.
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Introducing the aristocratic and arrogant Bedwyns...Slightly Married is a marriage of convenience for 2nd brother, Aidan, just returned from Napoleonic Wars with a mission from a dying comrade to protect his sister.
Only the sister is more or less okay-- she's got an inherited estate, adopted children, beloved aunt, and a menagerie of servants no one else would hire. Except that she's hiding a secret from Aidan: if she doesn't marry within a week she'll lose her estate forever.
Aidan and Eve begin with a marriage they think will require play acting for a few days-- and they days stretch into weeks and soon Eve is in London playing the part of a Bedwyn wife in high society.
I gave this a 5 because Balogh is pretty skilled at creating angsty alpha males with inner thoughts about duty and honor and all the while you can read between the lines about how much they crave love and comfort. There's a scene between Aidan and his older brother where quite calmly the brother tells Aidan that Eve questioned the brother's love. He goes through actions he took that on the outside seem punitive and dictatorial "did i not buy your military commission despite your pleading? Did I not keep Freyja from marrying the undesirable neighbor" but artfully shows him both affronted anyone would question his devotion and also himself questioning his choices.
Pretty awesome. So this is a trope-heavy old skool romance with the alpha hero basically rescuing the heroine, but in turn she manages to rescue him. There's misunderstandings and love that could have been resolved quickly if one of them had made any kind of overture--but I forgive the author because of the lovely, Austen-esque dialogue and believable independence of the heroine Eve.
This is romance comfort reading with an added dash of literary sensibility (although it does have some steaminess to it). Definitely will go on to read about the other Bedwyns!
Only the sister is more or less okay-- she's got an inherited estate, adopted children, beloved aunt, and a menagerie of servants no one else would hire. Except that she's hiding a secret from Aidan: if she doesn't marry within a week she'll lose her estate forever.
Aidan and Eve begin with a marriage they think will require play acting for a few days-- and they days stretch into weeks and soon Eve is in London playing the part of a Bedwyn wife in high society.
I gave this a 5 because Balogh is pretty skilled at creating angsty alpha males with inner thoughts about duty and honor and all the while you can read between the lines about how much they crave love and comfort. There's a scene between Aidan and his older brother where quite calmly the brother tells Aidan that Eve questioned the brother's love. He goes through actions he took that on the outside seem punitive and dictatorial "did i not buy your military commission despite your pleading? Did I not keep Freyja from marrying the undesirable neighbor" but artfully shows him both affronted anyone would question his devotion and also himself questioning his choices.
Pretty awesome. So this is a trope-heavy old skool romance with the alpha hero basically rescuing the heroine, but in turn she manages to rescue him. There's misunderstandings and love that could have been resolved quickly if one of them had made any kind of overture--but I forgive the author because of the lovely, Austen-esque dialogue and believable independence of the heroine Eve.
This is romance comfort reading with an added dash of literary sensibility (although it does have some steaminess to it). Definitely will go on to read about the other Bedwyns!
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
SO good. I read the first book in the series which I loved so had high expectations. It did not disappoint. It was weird seeing Wulf the way that he was described before he met Christine! But I liked the pacing of the book. There was no insta-love but I loved how respectful they were for each other and none of the characters had to change for each other, they just found that they fit together just the same. The part with the children was sooo cute too!
A gentle Mary Balogh.
Those Bedwyns are maybe gradually thawing? Aiden is so honourable he almost walks away from the love of his life, Eve. But gets there in the end.
I loved Eve’s slightly chaotic household of found family and I hope we get to see a little more of them in future Bedwyn books.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced