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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
so i was re-reading this book and remembered how completely gone in the moment i was when i read it the first time so many years ago. wow..and i still am. everytime...something about the way j.m writes makes you emotionally attached to her books
Better than the first. The ending seemed rushed, or maybe I rushed through the ending.
I really liked this regency romance - I think more than her other 4 star books that I've read lately. Although there are misunderstandings, which, I realized, is the norm for this author, the hero's reaction isn't as vicious or vindictive as expected. Overall, an enjoyable, slightly angsty read. The epilogue, which was way too short, was a nice bonus.
Not Judith McNaught’s best, or maybe just not my cup of tea. I wasn’t too thrilled about pages of self reflection and dull conversations. They felt like fillers. Usually Judith McNaught writes in a formulaic way, but this one was slightly different from her other books. I’m not really a big fan of it only because it could’ve had a better execution? I would have liked to read more about Jordan’s capture. Would love to know what happened to Alex’s mother. I also thought it ended too soon.
Aún estoy indecisa en cuanto a la nota, quizás un 4.5
5 Stars
I read Almost Heaven before this one, and this one almost, if not equally, as good as it. Alexandra (heroine) was loveable. She looked at the world through rose colored glasses despite everything that happened to her. I also like how she actually has a backbone behind all that sweetness. Jordan (hero) can be a huge pain in the ass. He's hot and then cold. But I kinda get him, the rage and confusion, so his a-little-too-late apologies was acceptable (could be because I was in the midst of crying up till the very end). In the author's note, Judith McNaught wrote how by including the epilogue, "it carried the story to an even better, fuller ending" and I totally agree. It was so good in Almost Heaven and it's just as good in this one ❤️
I read Almost Heaven before this one, and this one almost, if not equally, as good as it. Alexandra (heroine) was loveable. She looked at the world through rose colored glasses despite everything that happened to her. I also like how she actually has a backbone behind all that sweetness. Jordan (hero) can be a huge pain in the ass. He's hot and then cold. But I kinda get him, the rage and confusion, so his a-little-too-late apologies was acceptable (could be because I was in the midst of crying up till the very end). In the author's note, Judith McNaught wrote how by including the epilogue, "it carried the story to an even better, fuller ending" and I totally agree. It was so good in Almost Heaven and it's just as good in this one ❤️
This story gets off to a slow start and I struggled with continuously picking it and putting it back down. Luckily, I finally managed to pick it up and read without stopping. The book opens with an ambush, an unlikely rescue, and a forced marriage.
Jordan, Duke of something or other, grew up with shitty promiscuous and abusive parents and is a gigantic womanizer who disdains the entire female sex (except for his formidable battle-axe grandmother whom he loves.) When he's rescued from a deadly situation by young country girl Alex, he feels an odd affection for her and decides to do right by her. He intends to chastely wed her until she has time to grow up a bit but things take a turn. Jordan, after some arduous trials, is faced with a wife he thinks he knows but it turns out he doesn't know shit.
This book is so much fun. Watching everyone know what Jordan is slowly discovering (that his wife is the shit and will put up with NONE of his shit) is awesome. Grandma is so damn gleeful about the whole thing. I always love when a hero realizes his head is up his ass and his revenge plot pivots into a secret grovel plot. Yass. Win your wife over, man!
I've thoroughly enjoyed every NcNaught that I've read so far and this was no exception.
Jordan, Duke of something or other, grew up with shitty promiscuous and abusive parents and is a gigantic womanizer who disdains the entire female sex (except for his formidable battle-axe grandmother whom he loves.) When he's rescued from a deadly situation by young country girl Alex, he feels an odd affection for her and decides to do right by her. He intends to chastely wed her until she has time to grow up a bit but things take a turn. Jordan, after some arduous trials, is faced with a wife he thinks he knows but it turns out he doesn't know shit.
This book is so much fun. Watching everyone know what Jordan is slowly discovering (that his wife is the shit and will put up with NONE of his shit) is awesome. Grandma is so damn gleeful about the whole thing. I always love when a hero realizes his head is up his ass and his revenge plot pivots into a secret grovel plot. Yass. Win your wife over, man!
I've thoroughly enjoyed every NcNaught that I've read so far and this was no exception.
The problem with these romance books is that they focus too much on the moving of hips, muscels, sex, which I don't like. The characters are okay and the story is great at some points but I don't see myself picking up the other books in this series.
I got this book as a gift from my colleague/friend(more like an elder sister to all the girls in my team) for my birthday..and I loved it :) This book was such a satisfying read. It has been a long time since I read a historic romance novel that made me laugh, tear up and just made me want to bash up the hero's head in with a cricket bat. But that's a given if you take any historic romance novel. The heroes are always pompous, arrogant dukes/earls/viscounts who basically behave like assholes during the first act but change their stupid ways as the novel progresses.
I loved Alex. She was such a sweetheart and she made me laugh throughout the novel. This novel was not just about The romance, there was also a subplot which was quite interesting. I loved the writing. Judith McNaught is my new favorite historic romance novelist :D
The one thing that bugged me was that Jordan got off with just a slap on his wrist for his behavior. I wanted Jordan to beg, grovel and on his knees for the way he treated Alex towards the end.
~3.5(I would have given it a 4 if Jordan had begged for his forgiveness a bit more :P)
I loved Alex. She was such a sweetheart and she made me laugh throughout the novel. This novel was not just about The romance, there was also a subplot which was quite interesting. I loved the writing. Judith McNaught is my new favorite historic romance novelist :D
The one thing that bugged me was that Jordan got off with just a slap on his wrist for his behavior. I wanted Jordan to beg, grovel and on his knees for the way he treated Alex towards the end.
~3.5(I would have given it a 4 if Jordan had begged for his forgiveness a bit more :P)