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Enchanting Pleasures
by Eloisa James
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The last in the series. Quill was introduced in the other books. Sophie and Patrick have supporting roles.
Marriage of convenience trope. Quill has a disability.
Quill and Gabby’s fathers had arranged their marriage years ago, though she lived in India and they had never met. Gabby’s father sends her to England to marry, and Quill tells his father he won’t be able to consummate a marriage due to his debilitating injury. His brother Peter is forced to marry her instead.
Peter is not interested in her, and it is subtly implied that he is not interested in women period. As a man who values being fashionable and poised, he can’t fathom marrying clumsy and frumpy Gabby. Meanwhile Quill finds her attractive and enjoys her intelligence. He decides to marry her after all, even though sex gives him three day migraines.
Peter was a sweetheart in the other books and comes across like a jerk in this book. Everyone seems to accept too readily that Quill can now marry after insisting that he couldn’t. Gabby seems to find no issue with their passionate kisses while engaged to Peter, but then she’s full of religious prudishness after they’re married.
Gabby can’t stand Quill’s pain and wants to try more cures. He has suffered enough quack treatments and refuses to consider more. Gabby has the idea to try cowgirl position as it might not hurt him, and that works. But then he can’t help getting too active during sex and getting hurt again. Gabby feels desperate enough to secretly try a drug from her Indian village healer.
It’s quite problematic. Not only is she drugging him against his will, but they have to have sex while he’s drugged for it to work, so she has sex with him while he’s out of his mind. This would be so unacceptable if the roles were reversed, and also just makes no sense. But while drugged he confesses how he lied about loving her so she would marry him, so then they are both mad at each other for deception and have the big final conflict.
Not only is the final conflict over the top and unrealistic, it also does nothing to address their problems of deceiving each other.
The side story about Indian politics is an interesting angle. The secondary story of Lucien and Emily is cute but has no bearing at all on the main story. It should be its own novella instead of chopped up into this story.
Good spice. Full spice scenes in chapter 14, 16, 20, 22 and 23.
Marriage of convenience trope. Quill has a disability.
Quill and Gabby’s fathers had arranged their marriage years ago, though she lived in India and they had never met. Gabby’s father sends her to England to marry, and Quill tells his father he won’t be able to consummate a marriage due to his debilitating injury. His brother Peter is forced to marry her instead.
Peter is not interested in her, and it is subtly implied that he is not interested in women period. As a man who values being fashionable and poised, he can’t fathom marrying clumsy and frumpy Gabby. Meanwhile Quill finds her attractive and enjoys her intelligence. He decides to marry her after all, even though sex gives him three day migraines.
Peter was a sweetheart in the other books and comes across like a jerk in this book. Everyone seems to accept too readily that Quill can now marry after insisting that he couldn’t. Gabby seems to find no issue with their passionate kisses while engaged to Peter, but then she’s full of religious prudishness after they’re married.
Gabby can’t stand Quill’s pain and wants to try more cures. He has suffered enough quack treatments and refuses to consider more. Gabby has the idea to try cowgirl position as it might not hurt him, and that works. But then he can’t help getting too active during sex and getting hurt again. Gabby feels desperate enough to secretly try a drug from her Indian village healer.
It’s quite problematic. Not only is she drugging him against his will, but they have to have sex while he’s drugged for it to work, so she has sex with him while he’s out of his mind. This would be so unacceptable if the roles were reversed, and also just makes no sense. But while drugged he confesses how he lied about loving her so she would marry him, so then they are both mad at each other for deception and have the big final conflict.
Not only is the final conflict over the top and unrealistic, it also does nothing to address their problems of deceiving each other.
The side story about Indian politics is an interesting angle. The secondary story of Lucien and Emily is cute but has no bearing at all on the main story. It should be its own novella instead of chopped up into this story.
Good spice. Full spice scenes in chapter 14, 16, 20, 22 and 23.