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A review by sarah_moynihan
The Lady's Deception by Susanna Craig
3.0
Desperate to find a governess for the two young sisters left in his care, he jumps at the hope that the young English gentlewoman he stumbles into late on a Dublin street is the woman arranged to fill the position.
Rosamund feels torn about her deception. She feels guilty and apprehensive about deceiving the family but she cannot risk her brother discovering her whereabouts and marrying her off to a scoundrel who has already lost a wife to mysterious circumstances.
But the more time she and Paris spend in one another's company, the greater the risk. Both to her heart and her secret.
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The Lady's Deception is the third book in Susanna Craig's Rogues and Rebels series. I have not read the two previous books in the series, and perhaps that would have inhanced my reading of this book, but I was not very impressed. It had a very strong start, but then it started falling into trope pitfalls that just made it seem a bit cheesy and clunky for me.
I thought the book had quite the strong start, but once Rosamund and Paris met, the quality went down a bit for me. I still enjoyed it, but I wasn't hooked.
If I had to pick a favorite aspect of the book, it would likely be Paris' sisters. Both the younger and the older sisters, I found their sass and/or antics to be amusing.
My biggest complaint is that all the tension from earlier in the book was undermined, in my opinion, by the very simple resolution. It felt quite anti-climatic, like they didn't really overcome anything. If everything is resolved so easily, was there really that much at stake to begin with?
This book can serve as a stand alone, not reading the first two in the series hindered my understanding in no way. But I think reading the first two could quite possibly add to your enjoyment of the book, as they focus on the older two of Paris' sisters, who also feature in this book. If you're a fan of histroical romances, this could be the book for you. But I'm not sure that I will continue with the series.
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Many thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books Lyrical Press for sharing an eARC of The Lady's Deception by Susanna Craig. This is my honest review.
Rosamund feels torn about her deception. She feels guilty and apprehensive about deceiving the family but she cannot risk her brother discovering her whereabouts and marrying her off to a scoundrel who has already lost a wife to mysterious circumstances.
But the more time she and Paris spend in one another's company, the greater the risk. Both to her heart and her secret.
___________________________
The Lady's Deception is the third book in Susanna Craig's Rogues and Rebels series. I have not read the two previous books in the series, and perhaps that would have inhanced my reading of this book, but I was not very impressed. It had a very strong start, but then it started falling into trope pitfalls that just made it seem a bit cheesy and clunky for me.
I thought the book had quite the strong start, but once Rosamund and Paris met, the quality went down a bit for me. I still enjoyed it, but I wasn't hooked.
If I had to pick a favorite aspect of the book, it would likely be Paris' sisters. Both the younger and the older sisters, I found their sass and/or antics to be amusing.
My biggest complaint is that all the tension from earlier in the book was undermined, in my opinion, by the very simple resolution. It felt quite anti-climatic, like they didn't really overcome anything. If everything is resolved so easily, was there really that much at stake to begin with?
This book can serve as a stand alone, not reading the first two in the series hindered my understanding in no way. But I think reading the first two could quite possibly add to your enjoyment of the book, as they focus on the older two of Paris' sisters, who also feature in this book. If you're a fan of histroical romances, this could be the book for you. But I'm not sure that I will continue with the series.
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Many thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books Lyrical Press for sharing an eARC of The Lady's Deception by Susanna Craig. This is my honest review.