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Born to Be Wilde
by Eloisa James
emotional
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
The third in the series. It picks up right after the second book and follows the family through the wedding of North and Diana.
Parth was raised like a Wilde but rejects the aristocratic life to make his fortune in business. He’s not interested in society women and is irritated by Lavinia.
Lavinia has led a charmed aristocratic life - until she realizes her mother is a thieving drug addict who has depleted the family fortune. She needs to marry rich to make up for her mother’s sins so she asks Parth to marry her. He rejects her, but agrees to introduce her to suitable gentlemen to solve her problem.
She ends up solving her own problems through her genius sense of fashion. She strikes up commission deals with fabric sellers that makes her enough money that she doesn’t have to marry.
Lavinia overhears North repeating Parth’s insult calling her shallow as a puddle. The theme on the book is Lavonia’s lack of self-esteem. Even though many men still want to marry her, even though her friends will stand by her, and even though she has the talent to solve her own problems, she struggles to see her own worth. Parth realizes she is the woman he really wants, but he keeps managing to insult her. Her way of standing up for her own value is refusing to marry him for not respecting her.
The conflict between them is a bit weak and drags on as some of their fights are just misunderstandings because she won’t tell him about her mother for some reason.
The rest of the Wilde family fills out the story with fun as they prepare for North’s wedding.
Several full spice scenes
Parth was raised like a Wilde but rejects the aristocratic life to make his fortune in business. He’s not interested in society women and is irritated by Lavinia.
Lavinia has led a charmed aristocratic life - until she realizes her mother is a thieving drug addict who has depleted the family fortune. She needs to marry rich to make up for her mother’s sins so she asks Parth to marry her. He rejects her, but agrees to introduce her to suitable gentlemen to solve her problem.
She ends up solving her own problems through her genius sense of fashion. She strikes up commission deals with fabric sellers that makes her enough money that she doesn’t have to marry.
Lavinia overhears North repeating Parth’s insult calling her shallow as a puddle. The theme on the book is Lavonia’s lack of self-esteem. Even though many men still want to marry her, even though her friends will stand by her, and even though she has the talent to solve her own problems, she struggles to see her own worth. Parth realizes she is the woman he really wants, but he keeps managing to insult her. Her way of standing up for her own value is refusing to marry him for not respecting her.
The conflict between them is a bit weak and drags on as some of their fights are just misunderstandings because she won’t tell him about her mother for some reason.
The rest of the Wilde family fills out the story with fun as they prepare for North’s wedding.
Several full spice scenes