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How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days by Sophie Irwin

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

When Lord Ashford turns up at Lydia Hanworth's family home, he naturally assumes she will want to marry him. I mean why wouldn't she, he's soon to be a Duke and her family were wool merchants just 2 generations ago? Unfortunately for Lydia she becomes too stunned to answer Ashford's proposal coherently and it gets taken as a yes! Now she risks becoming a social pariah if she rejects him, and that's without considering where her aunt and uncle will send her to live. Lydia and her brother Pip get invited to a country house party with all the leading members of the ton, and when it ends in 10 days, Ashford's father is to announce their engagement, giving her 10 days to force him to jilt her.

This is a fun regency romance full of the usual wit and humour of Sophie Irwin's previous books. The shenanigans get sillier the longer the characters are together, and eventually he starts to cotton on, so both of them are at it. But the characters also have depth, with both of the leads having lost parents alongside all the other societal struggles around arranged marriages, sexuality and abusive partners. Don't get me wrong, it's still light and fun but there's decent subplots, including a crime for Pip to investigate, surrounding the mayhem! 
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