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A review by yesididbringabook
The Virgin and the Rogue by Sophie Jordan
3.0
ARC through #NetGalley & #HarperCollins
I like this book, but not as much as the one before it. I think part of the issue was that it was difficult to imagine Charlotte who is painted as this typical sort of prudish young lady behaving the way she sometimes did with Samuel. While I appreciated the potential triggers of the tonic, it was still sometimes difficult to believe. I feel like Marian’s personality catered to this type of situation better.
I think we have entered an era of historical romance that requires more from the heroine. Charlotte seems sweet but she was also quiet and meek and there wasn’t a lot of depth to her other than that and we didn’t really learn a lot about her to provide context for that personality either.
It was a solid historical romance, but nothing groundbreaking. I do think Nora’s book will be interesting, she seems fun.
I like this book, but not as much as the one before it. I think part of the issue was that it was difficult to imagine Charlotte who is painted as this typical sort of prudish young lady behaving the way she sometimes did with Samuel. While I appreciated the potential triggers of the tonic, it was still sometimes difficult to believe. I feel like Marian’s personality catered to this type of situation better.
I think we have entered an era of historical romance that requires more from the heroine. Charlotte seems sweet but she was also quiet and meek and there wasn’t a lot of depth to her other than that and we didn’t really learn a lot about her to provide context for that personality either.
It was a solid historical romance, but nothing groundbreaking. I do think Nora’s book will be interesting, she seems fun.