A review by lindentea
The Marquis who Mustn't by Courtney Milan

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’m crying they’re so sweet! And I loved how puzzle-piece they are <3 This kind of ended up being more Kai’s book than Naomi’s just bc of the whole fraud of it all but I honestly didn’t mind since he’s SUCH a compelling character to me and I’m sure if I was into men I’d be head over heels in love with him. This being said Naomi also definitely had her moments to shine, and their entire romance was really well-developed imo. The only thing I didn’t enjoy that much was just how convoluted the setup was, partially because we don’t even know the whole story until, well, the end. I know every lie has an inside and an outside but

as a reader I would have loved to either be much more inside or outside Kai’s ultimate plan. Like I think there could have been more untrustworthiness for the readers if we knew about Kai’s training in Japan earlier, or if he was shiftier with his plan with US as well, or on the other side if we knew what the plan actually looked like and saw everything fall into place.

But basically Courtney Milan does it again and I actually so badly need 4726262736 more books in this series - I need books until we get a love story for every resident of Wedgeford ever. I nominate Andrew (🫶🏼) for our lead next book