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A review by crazychriss93
The Duke's Accidental Wife by Erica Ridley
4.0
:D
This novel was fun, it was deep and it had a lot of modern views in it, especially when considering the period.
Regency novels
What I love about those novels it that you can really dive into a completely different time, encounter completely different views and characters who hold the highest regard for propriety and loyalty.
I love that this novel is your typical regency novel but it’s also more than that. Our heroine is a very modern woman who in the end has to decide between family and her work and charity. I love this conflict because you encounter this so often when reading about feminist movements.
The characters?
As mentioned before, our heroine is lovely. I like that she tries everything to be the perfect wife and really puts everything concerning her husband and her new life first. Sure, taking a feminist view, this seems to be all wrong but I love that about her. She lives in the present and not in the past; she knows what she has with her husband and is determined to hold on to that.
Our hero seems to be all arrogant and cold but deep down, he is looking for love. I think it’s a pity that he is so devoted to his work that he doesn’t even notice and realize what his wife is doing to herself but in the end, I think it’s all greatly solved.
Writing style?
Awesome.
Plot?
Ah, the plot has everything in it that I love:
a great ending with a quick flashforward, some suspense (but I have to admit, some means little in this case), a lot of love etc.
This novel was fun, it was deep and it had a lot of modern views in it, especially when considering the period.
Regency novels
What I love about those novels it that you can really dive into a completely different time, encounter completely different views and characters who hold the highest regard for propriety and loyalty.
I love that this novel is your typical regency novel but it’s also more than that. Our heroine is a very modern woman who in the end has to decide between family and her work and charity. I love this conflict because you encounter this so often when reading about feminist movements.
The characters?
As mentioned before, our heroine is lovely. I like that she tries everything to be the perfect wife and really puts everything concerning her husband and her new life first. Sure, taking a feminist view, this seems to be all wrong but I love that about her. She lives in the present and not in the past; she knows what she has with her husband and is determined to hold on to that.
Our hero seems to be all arrogant and cold but deep down, he is looking for love. I think it’s a pity that he is so devoted to his work that he doesn’t even notice and realize what his wife is doing to herself but in the end, I think it’s all greatly solved.
Writing style?
Awesome.
Plot?
Ah, the plot has everything in it that I love:
a great ending with a quick flashforward, some suspense (but I have to admit, some means little in this case), a lot of love etc.