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A review by amshofner
A Duke Never Yields by Juliana Gray
4.0
Full disclosure: A Duke Never Yields was a total escape read for me, which means I loved the book while I was reading it (except for maybe the ending, which just made me go, "Really? Why?"), but the more I think about it, the more I find issues.
So I'm going to get my thoughts out and then stop thinking about it. Especially the ending.
Despite my desire to read series in order---even with series whose books can technically be read as stand alones---I skipped book 2. Partly because my library only had the third book and partly because after reading A Lady Never Lies, I had little desire to read about the couple in book 2. I have no regret about that.
Because this series is partly simultaneous---events that happen in previous books are told from a different perspective here---I kind of knew some of what was going on and going to happen. Which was, honestly, reason to read faster and reason to get distracted with the desire to skip ahead.
Still. Abigail was fun. Wallingford looks like a typical rake, and he's not and that makes him intriguing, though not always particularly likable (until he becomes likable-ish again). This was the perfect book to spend a Saturday afternoon with, and I'll definitely be seeking out more Juliana Gray books in the future.
So I'm going to get my thoughts out and then stop thinking about it. Especially the ending.
Despite my desire to read series in order---even with series whose books can technically be read as stand alones---I skipped book 2. Partly because my library only had the third book and partly because after reading A Lady Never Lies, I had little desire to read about the couple in book 2. I have no regret about that.
Because this series is partly simultaneous---events that happen in previous books are told from a different perspective here---I kind of knew some of what was going on and going to happen. Which was, honestly, reason to read faster and reason to get distracted with the desire to skip ahead.
Still. Abigail was fun. Wallingford looks like a typical rake, and he's not and that makes him intriguing, though not always particularly likable (until he becomes likable-ish again). This was the perfect book to spend a Saturday afternoon with, and I'll definitely be seeking out more Juliana Gray books in the future.