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A review by janesaysb2850
Sins of a Wicked Duke by Sophie Jordan
3.0
The writing was good, but I just didn’t see anything deep between Fallon and Dominic. There was a lot of being smushed together with, quite frankly, dubious consent. To make his character redeemable, Dominic helps street urchins. But that is only briefly touched upon, and mostly in an indirect way (people talking about it, not showing him do it, even if he did walk the kid to the shop).
And it wasn’t realistic at all in terms of a character arc that explained how his feelings had changed - being able to feel and express love, deciding that he would marry Fallon even though she was of lower social rank. He literally showed up and said, “Let’s get married” and they did. No fuss anywhere.
Also, it was 100% unclear in what time period this book took place. There was some reference to the footmen’s livery being “straight out of 1810,” so I figured that was at some earlier point. But there was no indication of industrial technology (train, etc.), wars (Napoleonic, etc.), royal era (Prince Regent or otherwise)... it just sort of sat there undefined.
Bummer.
And it wasn’t realistic at all in terms of a character arc that explained how his feelings had changed - being able to feel and express love, deciding that he would marry Fallon even though she was of lower social rank. He literally showed up and said, “Let’s get married” and they did. No fuss anywhere.
Also, it was 100% unclear in what time period this book took place. There was some reference to the footmen’s livery being “straight out of 1810,” so I figured that was at some earlier point. But there was no indication of industrial technology (train, etc.), wars (Napoleonic, etc.), royal era (Prince Regent or otherwise)... it just sort of sat there undefined.
Bummer.