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A review by eminwords
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
4.0
i really enjoyed this book. it was funny, sweet and so nice. i also did enjoy the stuttering rep, there are not enough books with main characters who stutter and i related to hard to simon.
it’s pretty much you regular haunted gentleman falls in love with wonderful lady, but i don’t think the trope gets old, and the rep definitely did it favour and of course, so did our beloved lady whistledown (although i’m a bit sad she didn’t sign her papers as xoxo lady whistledown, but it’s still great).
the only thing i didn’t enjoy and the reason i didn’t rate this higher than a 4 was the scene that led to main conflict. we talk a lot about agency and the reproductive right and even though the heroine didn’t intend to, i was very uncomfortable with how that scene went. simon’s feelings being tinged by childhood trauma or not, i didn’t like it one bit. while i am glad the latter scene did feature consent and a serious discussion about it (which did save the book in my opinion), i can’t forget it but everything else in the book is precious.
so four stars and i am definitely continuing the series (*work backlog eyes me*) and counting down days till the release of series.
PS: skjkks, i can’t believe i reviewed a book just immediately after i read it and in ten minutes too
it’s pretty much you regular haunted gentleman falls in love with wonderful lady, but i don’t think the trope gets old, and the rep definitely did it favour and of course, so did our beloved lady whistledown (although i’m a bit sad she didn’t sign her papers as xoxo lady whistledown, but it’s still great).
the only thing i didn’t enjoy and the reason i didn’t rate this higher than a 4 was the scene that led to main conflict. we talk a lot about agency and the reproductive right and even though the heroine didn’t intend to, i was very uncomfortable with how that scene went. simon’s feelings being tinged by childhood trauma or not, i didn’t like it one bit. while i am glad the latter scene did feature consent and a serious discussion about it (which did save the book in my opinion), i can’t forget it but everything else in the book is precious.
so four stars and i am definitely continuing the series (*work backlog eyes me*) and counting down days till the release of series.
PS: skjkks, i can’t believe i reviewed a book just immediately after i read it and in ten minutes too