A review by jelkebooks
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Honestly, this book's biggest crime is that it just is extremely boring. Oh my god, I was so bored while reading this book. It's almost unbelievable. I do think this book does try interesting things but everything is just so dragged out and slow paced that it just made me want to bash my head in.
Anyway, I did quite like Annabelle. I thought she was a very interesting character with very strong ambitions, and I love how passionate she could be about things. It's just that towards the end I felt like she lost her determination a little bit. She lost her personality a bit in favor of just being obsessed with the love interest. Talking about Sebastian, gods I did not like him. His only personality trait is that he's an ass. Truly, he is an incredibly awful person, and besides being mean to everyone in his life he has no other personality traits. Blergh!
I also wasn't a big fan of the romance. I just thought there was no chemistry between the characters at all. They had barely any moments together before they already started risking it all. They became such wet rags for each other while there was just nothing there. It became a bit annoying. Sebastian also became so obsessive over Annabelle, that he came so incredibly close to crossing her boundaries almost every time they were together. I'm still not entirely convinced Annabelle even got with him out of of pure guilt shaming. I don't know. This book just didn't work for me.
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