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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
by Sarah MacLean
-- A Romantic Book Affairs Review
I started this book a month or more ago. Read to somewhere in the 50's page-wise... And it didn't really capture my interest. It could've been a mood I was in, or maybe the three pages dedicated to a rehashing and romanticizing of The Odyssey. Which felt like filler. Not sure, but it didn't work for me then.
I decided to pick it up again the other day and skimmed through the parts I'd already read, then began in earnest. And what I read was fantastic!
The tasks Callie sets up for herself, the way in which she goes about completing them, how Ralston gets himself tangled in it as well... It was highly entertaining. An excellent plot for the characters to work within.
Who would have thought a fencing match could make your blood boil? Or a game of vingt-et-un could be so scandalous?
It was delightful watching Callie and Ralston complete each task on her list, and the romance that bloomed as a result. MacLean took taverns, gentleman's clubs, and gambling dens and turned them into the most romantic places.
Loved it!
I started this book a month or more ago. Read to somewhere in the 50's page-wise... And it didn't really capture my interest. It could've been a mood I was in, or maybe the three pages dedicated to a rehashing and romanticizing of The Odyssey. Which felt like filler. Not sure, but it didn't work for me then.
I decided to pick it up again the other day and skimmed through the parts I'd already read, then began in earnest. And what I read was fantastic!
The tasks Callie sets up for herself, the way in which she goes about completing them, how Ralston gets himself tangled in it as well... It was highly entertaining. An excellent plot for the characters to work within.
Who would have thought a fencing match could make your blood boil? Or a game of vingt-et-un could be so scandalous?
It was delightful watching Callie and Ralston complete each task on her list, and the romance that bloomed as a result. MacLean took taverns, gentleman's clubs, and gambling dens and turned them into the most romantic places.
Loved it!