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rjordan19 's review for:
One Night in London
by Caroline Linden
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-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:
No
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (2 are extremely close together and might feel more like 1 long scene to others)
Humor: Not much
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled I Love the Earl. I’m not sure exactly how it ties into this series, I didn’t read it yet and this book was fine to pick up without it.
Basic plot:
Francesca is deprived of her lawyer when the new Duke of and his brothers have an emergency. She goes to Edward and strikes a bargain with him to help her get her niece in her custody.
Give this a try if you want:
- London setting
- touch of mystery
- bargain – the heroine goes to the hero and strikes a bargain with him for his help
- child in the story – much of the plot revolves around the heroine trying to get custody of her 7 year old niece (though the niece doesn’t have a ton of page time)
- experienced, widow heroine – she loved her husband but I don’t think their union was especially passionate?
- brief love triangle feels – heroine has a friend that is in love with her and the hero is also engaged at the beginning of the story
- medium steam – it’s all kind of squished close together but a solid 3-4 scenes depending how you count
- touch of class difference though it’s not really a plot point – heroine is a bastard and the hero is the son of a duke
My thoughts:
I struggled with this one a bit. The first half of the book was a touch dry and I was getting a little bored with things. There’s a bit of mystery within this story because Francesca’s niece and her step-mother go missing (purposefully).
Edward comes off as too cold and uninteresting to Francesca and she’s utterly uninterested in him at first. I did like the development of her feelings over getting to know him. Also, he is engaged at the beginning of the story (and wow I feel like I have been reading that a lot lately and I don’t really like it!) but it didn’t last too long.
I’m also not sold on the ending. It was not what I was thinking would happen, so that could be a plus but my own in law experiences are coloring my feelings here. The fact that Francesca didn’t get full custody after they were HIDING her niece from her and there’s plenty of proof and evidence that they talk badly about her to her niece – I just really wanted her removed from that environment.
The sex though was great! But it was kind of squished together and not enough for me to really boost it up to 4 stars.
Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:
He slid his palm down her belly to touch her. She sucked in a sharp breath but her hips rose against his and when he pushed his finger inside her, she was wet.
“To be... less... quiet,” she gasped. Her body began to undulate beneath him. Edward slid another finger inside her, still stroking the spot that made her tremble and gasp.
“You want me to scream?” he whispered against her mouth, “As I intend to make you scream?”
“Yes,” she moaned.
Content warnings:
- Death of parents, spouse, sister
- Possible bigamy of hero’s father
- Toxic family keeping heroine’s niece from her – there’s scenes of her being prevented from seeing her
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
52% - heroine kisses the hero when he’s berating her about her safety
59% - 🔥kisses, touches, dry humping against a wall, sex against a wall
61% - bent over a chaise lounge briefly remembered
63% - 🔥fingering for her, missionary
65% - 🔥breast play, bathing play, oral for her, blow job (incomplete), missionary (this one is REALLY close to the last scene with a small separation)
69% - kiss
78% - 🔥kisses in front of a mirror, fingering for her, she puts her hands on a table and he takes her from behind while looking in the mirror
89% - kisses, brief bath scene that’s too short and vague to count
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (2 are extremely close together and might feel more like 1 long scene to others)
Humor: Not much
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled I Love the Earl. I’m not sure exactly how it ties into this series, I didn’t read it yet and this book was fine to pick up without it.
Basic plot:
Francesca is deprived of her lawyer when the new Duke of and his brothers have an emergency. She goes to Edward and strikes a bargain with him to help her get her niece in her custody.
Give this a try if you want:
- London setting
- touch of mystery
- bargain – the heroine goes to the hero and strikes a bargain with him for his help
- child in the story – much of the plot revolves around the heroine trying to get custody of her 7 year old niece (though the niece doesn’t have a ton of page time)
- experienced, widow heroine – she loved her husband but I don’t think their union was especially passionate?
- brief love triangle feels – heroine has a friend that is in love with her and the hero is also engaged at the beginning of the story
- medium steam – it’s all kind of squished close together but a solid 3-4 scenes depending how you count
- touch of class difference though it’s not really a plot point – heroine is a bastard and the hero is the son of a duke
My thoughts:
I struggled with this one a bit. The first half of the book was a touch dry and I was getting a little bored with things. There’s a bit of mystery within this story because Francesca’s niece and her step-mother go missing (purposefully).
Edward comes off as too cold and uninteresting to Francesca and she’s utterly uninterested in him at first. I did like the development of her feelings over getting to know him. Also, he is engaged at the beginning of the story (and wow I feel like I have been reading that a lot lately and I don’t really like it!) but it didn’t last too long.
I’m also not sold on the ending. It was not what I was thinking would happen, so that could be a plus but my own in law experiences are coloring my feelings here.
The sex though was great! But it was kind of squished together and not enough for me to really boost it up to 4 stars.
Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:
He slid his palm down her belly to touch her. She sucked in a sharp breath but her hips rose against his and when he pushed his finger inside her, she was wet.
“To be... less... quiet,” she gasped. Her body began to undulate beneath him. Edward slid another finger inside her, still stroking the spot that made her tremble and gasp.
“You want me to scream?” he whispered against her mouth, “As I intend to make you scream?”
“Yes,” she moaned.
Content warnings:
- Death of parents, spouse, sister
- Possible bigamy of hero’s father
- Toxic family keeping heroine’s niece from her – there’s scenes of her being prevented from seeing her
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
52% - heroine kisses the hero when he’s berating her about her safety
59% - 🔥kisses, touches, dry humping against a wall, sex against a wall
61% - bent over a chaise lounge briefly remembered
63% - 🔥fingering for her, missionary
65% - 🔥breast play, bathing play, oral for her, blow job (incomplete), missionary (this one is REALLY close to the last scene with a small separation)
69% - kiss
78% - 🔥kisses in front of a mirror, fingering for her, she puts her hands on a table and he takes her from behind while looking in the mirror
89% - kisses, brief bath scene that’s too short and vague to count