A review by rednikki
A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes

emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book tries in some ways to be very historically accurate, but in other ways throws accuracy out the window. I'd been sold on this as a Pygmalion trope, but there really isn't much of that trope in this book. Some of the conflict required the characters to carry the Idiot Ball in order for it to happen. I did like the way she built the ending, however; the people wound up happy in a way that was difficult to achieve, but didn't require me to suspend my disbelief too much.