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A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
DNF’d at 30%.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this book, unfortunately it wasn’t for me.
I went into this book extremely excited to read, I had seen so many positives about this author and so many others excited for this book, but I was truly disappointed.
For a book that I was expecting scandal, romance and secrecy, I was met with a slow paced story that constantly mentioned a woman who was widowed and certain things were expected of her.
I’m a sucker for a second chance story that involves force proximity and love triangles, and yet where was the romance? It was clear that Eliza had no feelings for her first husband, why couldn’t the build up to romance happen a little quicker?!
Melville in my opinion came across as extremely fake, the group of people Eliza and Margaret met with most nights were extreme gossips and Somerset deserved happiness.
I think if the pacing was faster, I could’ve enjoyed this, but I found myself forcing myself to pick the story up rather than wanting to pick it up.
Once again, thank you for the ARC, and I truly wish Sophie the best of luck when this publishes!
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this book, unfortunately it wasn’t for me.
I went into this book extremely excited to read, I had seen so many positives about this author and so many others excited for this book, but I was truly disappointed.
For a book that I was expecting scandal, romance and secrecy, I was met with a slow paced story that constantly mentioned a woman who was widowed and certain things were expected of her.
I’m a sucker for a second chance story that involves force proximity and love triangles, and yet where was the romance? It was clear that Eliza had no feelings for her first husband, why couldn’t the build up to romance happen a little quicker?!
Melville in my opinion came across as extremely fake, the group of people Eliza and Margaret met with most nights were extreme gossips and Somerset deserved happiness.
I think if the pacing was faster, I could’ve enjoyed this, but I found myself forcing myself to pick the story up rather than wanting to pick it up.
Once again, thank you for the ARC, and I truly wish Sophie the best of luck when this publishes!