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A review by sophiesometimesreads
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I want to preface this review by saying this is the first ever historical romance I’ve read, but in saying this I did enjoy this book.
The characters were well rounded and well written, and I loved Little Bartholemew and Lady Marleigh in particular, they were hilarious.
I think some of the initial “we can’t be together” conflict could have been cut down to make the book a bit faster paced. I don’t think it needed to be gone over three times before being somewhat resolved, the first two could’ve been cut for the third seeing as it was only half resolved then anyway.
I did like the fact that the “reveal of identity” was done early on and wasn’t the main conflict, that was overcome quite quickly. I did really like how Gracewood was rather quick to accept Viola as she is, it was sweet.
I did like the writing style but sometimes I got confused by the sentence structure, where it felt like the sentences were flipped around in an attempt at poetic writing but it just got me confused for a moment, but that could honestly just be my lack of comprehension at the time or a part of the genre I have yet to get used to, with this being my first.
Overall, I did enjoy this book and would look at picking up a historical romance again, as well as reading Hall’s other works.
The characters were well rounded and well written, and I loved Little Bartholemew and Lady Marleigh in particular, they were hilarious.
I think some of the initial “we can’t be together” conflict could have been cut down to make the book a bit faster paced. I don’t think it needed to be gone over three times before being somewhat resolved, the first two could’ve been cut for the third seeing as it was only half resolved then anyway.
I did like the fact that the “reveal of identity” was done early on and wasn’t the main conflict, that was overcome quite quickly. I did really like how Gracewood was rather quick to accept Viola as she is, it was sweet.
I did like the writing style but sometimes I got confused by the sentence structure, where it felt like the sentences were flipped around in an attempt at poetic writing but it just got me confused for a moment, but that could honestly just be my lack of comprehension at the time or a part of the genre I have yet to get used to, with this being my first.
Overall, I did enjoy this book and would look at picking up a historical romance again, as well as reading Hall’s other works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: War, Violence, and Deadnaming