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A review by annalisaely
The Bashful Bride by Vanessa Riley
3.0
I enjoyed this a medium amount. I liked that the two talked so much and that I finally got a historical romance with a marriage of convenience trope that got consent right.
There was a lot of repetitiveness in the heroine's thoughts and her problems with the hero that I think could have been solved with thinking through things before speaking/acting.
I liked the hero pretty well - he had one moment of being a massive jerk vs. her having a bajillion moments of being illogical, which reminded me of how much I resent authors not in their early 20s writing 2o year olds as if they can't connect two thoughts in their heads.
I liked the commentary on how lies can mess up relationships and how you only have so much right to privacy when your secrets affect other people. The characters were very nice together when they weren't arguing, which was maybe 50% of the time - not banterous arguing, by the way, just them both repeating the same sentiments over and over.
I really enjoyed the ending, it was very mushy in the best way.
There was a lot of repetitiveness in the heroine's thoughts and her problems with the hero that I think could have been solved with thinking through things before speaking/acting.
I liked the hero pretty well - he had one moment of being a massive jerk vs. her having a bajillion moments of being illogical, which reminded me of how much I resent authors not in their early 20s writing 2o year olds as if they can't connect two thoughts in their heads.
I liked the commentary on how lies can mess up relationships and how you only have so much right to privacy when your secrets affect other people. The characters were very nice together when they weren't arguing, which was maybe 50% of the time - not banterous arguing, by the way, just them both repeating the same sentiments over and over.
I really enjoyed the ending, it was very mushy in the best way.