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A review by seeinghowitgoes
Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James
4.0
Step-daughter to the Wilde's and chronically shy, Viola is petrified of her eventual London debut, scared of being labelled as not a Wilde she lurks on the edges of balls, and her nerves cause her to vomit on the shoes of the gentlemen whose feet she tramples over. So it's fortunate when she falls in love with the local Vicar and schemes to meet him after dark in the library.
Devin has all the classic traumas of a neglected only son, his mother dead all these years from consumption of fox glove and a father prone to rage, he's determined to marry correctly and avoid his parents path.
It's a flimsy premise that brings these two together and the book quivers for the first third trying to bring the parts together, it's well towards the end when the expect Wilde madness begins, and the conflict at the end is shaky at best. Still James dialogue is a joy to read as always, and I hold out my firm belief that the oldest son is still somewhere alive in hiding!
Devin has all the classic traumas of a neglected only son, his mother dead all these years from consumption of fox glove and a father prone to rage, he's determined to marry correctly and avoid his parents path.
It's a flimsy premise that brings these two together and the book quivers for the first third trying to bring the parts together, it's well towards the end when the expect Wilde madness begins, and the conflict at the end is shaky at best. Still James dialogue is a joy to read as always, and I hold out my firm belief that the oldest son is still somewhere alive in hiding!