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cozyheart 's review for:
The King's Spinster Bride
by Ruby Dixon
fast-paced
Short and sweet.
Things I appreciated:
- A drawn-out wedding ceremony with days of (sexy) ritual leading up to it
- Halla calling him out to reciprocate in some of those ceremonies, and reciprocating herself.
- Cool worldbuilding and lore
Regarding the age gap. I normally am a sucker for an age gap but this one didn't do anything me. I think there were a few reasons for this:
- Due to her hiding in a convent while he became a warrior, she didn't seem older than him in mannerisms or characteristics.
- The age gap was always her saying "You deserve better" and from her POV. I don't think we ever got anything from Mathior appreciating the age gap, which is one of the things I love, when the younger character is into how much older/wiser/more experienced the older character is. Even when he was a kid, we could've gotten a clearer picture of why he fell in love/lust with this older character, but we didn't really. He was pretty neutral about their respective ages.
Things I appreciated:
- A drawn-out wedding ceremony with days of (sexy) ritual leading up to it
- Halla calling him out to reciprocate in some of those ceremonies, and reciprocating herself.
- Cool worldbuilding and lore
Regarding the age gap. I normally am a sucker for an age gap but this one didn't do anything me. I think there were a few reasons for this:
- Due to her hiding in a convent while he became a warrior, she didn't seem older than him in mannerisms or characteristics.
- The age gap was always her saying "You deserve better" and from her POV. I don't think we ever got anything from Mathior appreciating the age gap, which is one of the things I love, when the younger character is into how much older/wiser/more experienced the older character is. Even when he was a kid, we could've gotten a clearer picture of why he fell in love/lust with this older character, but we didn't really. He was pretty neutral about their respective ages.