proteinscollide 's review for:

Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh

3.0

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I really liked this one. Which makes sense since it's the link between the Bedwyn saga and the my favourites from the Simply series. It's interesting to see the revelation of the dramatic, non-romantic B storyline from Joshua's side. Balogh does use 'haughtily' to describe Freya and the Bedwyns one too many times, but overall the dynamic between Joshua and Freya is so fun and tempestuous (and fake boyfriend/girlfriend trope, yep, I'm there). But it just doesn't feel as slight as the others, like there's real depth and muscle and sinew and life in the relationships - not just the romantic ones, but all the family ones (both blood and found) and that just gets me in the gut, every time.