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A review by njsbooknook
How Not to Marry a Duke by Tina Gabrielle
3.0
2.5 Stars
You know the feeling when you start reading a book where the plot sounds so much fun and it has all your favorite tropes and starts out great with lovely and strong characters. I experienced all this when I started reading 'How Not to Marry a Duke'.
But midway through, it took a turn. The writing was not engaging enough which affected the flow of storytelling. I enjoyed the first half of the book. I understand the need to prove that their fake engagement is real but the minute the characters reach London, the storytelling changes. The book starts out with a talented, strong-minded healer and an inventor trying to pretend an attachment while they are so annoyed at each other and changed to just an Earl's daughter (who is unlike other ladies) and a Duke faking a courtship and falling in love. What started out as fun just fizzled out.
It could have been so much more since I know the author has released amazing books previously and I feel this one missed the mark.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
You know the feeling when you start reading a book where the plot sounds so much fun and it has all your favorite tropes and starts out great with lovely and strong characters. I experienced all this when I started reading 'How Not to Marry a Duke'.
But midway through, it took a turn. The writing was not engaging enough which affected the flow of storytelling. I enjoyed the first half of the book. I understand the need to prove that their fake engagement is real but the minute the characters reach London, the storytelling changes. The book starts out with a talented, strong-minded healer and an inventor trying to pretend an attachment while they are so annoyed at each other and changed to just an Earl's daughter (who is unlike other ladies) and a Duke faking a courtship and falling in love. What started out as fun just fizzled out.
It could have been so much more since I know the author has released amazing books previously and I feel this one missed the mark.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review