A review by abigail_lo
Beauty and the Rake by Erica Monroe

3.0

unpopular opinion: i mean, like, he's not even that much of a dick? i've read about some seriously asshole heroes, and this guy doesn't even come close. i didn't take notes bc it's a romance -- who knew i was gonna have to end up defending the hero? i'm pretty sure this is literally the first time i've ever done this in my entire history of reading romances -- but i'm kind of tempted to re-read it now, just to defend his honor. yeah, he was teaching her how to be a better whore, but if she's going to become a prostitute out of necessity -- as he acknowledges multiple times, and when does he say she's doing it because she wants to? -- isn't it better if she knows how to do it right? like, it all made sense to me, and i'm seriously confused why people are so up-in-arms against him. i was actually totally gonna rate it 3.5 stars until the ending got all

melodramatic and rushed, which pissed me off.original review (before reading all the other reviews):4 stars for the romance, -1 for the rushed ending, +1 for mentioning a "moral statistics map", and -0.5 for doing exactly what strickland was always pissed about and not mentioning any details about the map. i wanted to learn about it! total: 3.5 starsalso, 19 and 28 years old? now that's what i call questionable.