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bookish_kristina 's review for:
Duke of Midnight
by Elizabeth Hoyt
Reread: I can’t stomach asshole heroes like I used to.
This is a four star for me now - although I’m keeping the five star rating from my first read -because this was very exciting and fast paced and I really enjoyed it and all its batman coded goodness, but holy hell Maximus was an ass to Artemis right until the end, and she let him.
Even though she was a strong, determined heroine, she still took scraps from him and accepted less than she deserved. She should have refused him early and he should never have taken advantage of her when she was a servant in his house. It was all rather distasteful, and I much prefer the morally grey heroes in this series, because the morally superior ones, like this guy, just end up coming across as pompous. There were some really great intense emotional moments in this between the two of them but overall I didn’t really like their romance. The book was really well written and the side-plots were very good. I recommend reading this, but just know, if you’re anything like me and have a low tolerance for heroes who have their heads up their asses, you’ll probably hate Maximus.
This is a four star for me now - although I’m keeping the five star rating from my first read -because this was very exciting and fast paced and I really enjoyed it and all its batman coded goodness, but holy hell Maximus was an ass to Artemis right until the end, and she let him.
Even though she was a strong, determined heroine, she still took scraps from him and accepted less than she deserved. She should have refused him early and he should never have taken advantage of her when she was a servant in his house. It was all rather distasteful, and I much prefer the morally grey heroes in this series, because the morally superior ones, like this guy, just end up coming across as pompous. There were some really great intense emotional moments in this between the two of them but overall I didn’t really like their romance. The book was really well written and the side-plots were very good. I recommend reading this, but just know, if you’re anything like me and have a low tolerance for heroes who have their heads up their asses, you’ll probably hate Maximus.