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The Duke and I
by Julia Quinn
I, like many others, read this book because I was completely enamored with the Netflix adaptation. The show reignited my interest in Regency, and when I heard there was gonna be a second season, I was jumping in place. The second season came and went, and I was more in love than ever. So, in preparation for the third season, I decided to read the entire series!
TDAI was a very good read!! I loved the drama and intrigue inherent in a fake relationship story, and of course I loved that they did fall in love after all, and had a happy ending. I think it's really cool that the happy ending was no the wedding, but what came afterwards. Since Simon, the hot guy of the story, was very closed off about his personal life, Daphne, the hot girl, did her best to get any info out of him or his known ones. The entire conflict really rested on the fact that Simon was not keen on opening himself up to Daphne, and the resolution is him accepting his past, recognizing it for what it was, and continuing forward with Daphne by his side.
One thing I didn't like, in this book and the next few, is that Simon had been proven time and time again to have been a man of the world, having had encounters with prostitutes, gambling, and more. Like, sure, yeah, okay, I can accept this from one guy, but for the next 2 books? And possibly the third? C'mon, I don't think the men of this era were such whores. Surely a guy of this time was very "I'm gonna save myself for marriage." I understand that guys have always had much more opportunity to *be* opportunists, and that men have always had a societal advantage over women in that, since they control everything, they can even control their image despite many things stacking up against it. I guess I'm just...tired of reading about powerful men being brought to their knees by an innocent woman whose heart is pure enough to change him.
The sex was fine. It was very good! But I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more if the words "cunt" or "dick" or whatever were used. Is this more of a sensor thing? I think editors would like to read the word "cock" sometimes.
Speaking of words, the author did a very good job at using the language in a way that made it clear that this is an older style of Englishspeak, but clear enough that I didn't have to google every other word!
TDAI was a very good read!! I loved the drama and intrigue inherent in a fake relationship story, and of course I loved that they did fall in love after all, and had a happy ending. I think it's really cool that the happy ending was no the wedding, but what came afterwards. Since Simon, the hot guy of the story, was very closed off about his personal life, Daphne, the hot girl, did her best to get any info out of him or his known ones. The entire conflict really rested on the fact that Simon was not keen on opening himself up to Daphne, and the resolution is him accepting his past, recognizing it for what it was, and continuing forward with Daphne by his side.
One thing I didn't like, in this book and the next few, is that Simon had been proven time and time again to have been a man of the world, having had encounters with prostitutes, gambling, and more. Like, sure, yeah, okay, I can accept this from one guy, but for the next 2 books? And possibly the third? C'mon, I don't think the men of this era were such whores. Surely a guy of this time was very "I'm gonna save myself for marriage." I understand that guys have always had much more opportunity to *be* opportunists, and that men have always had a societal advantage over women in that, since they control everything, they can even control their image despite many things stacking up against it. I guess I'm just...tired of reading about powerful men being brought to their knees by an innocent woman whose heart is pure enough to change him.
The sex was fine. It was very good! But I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more if the words "cunt" or "dick" or whatever were used. Is this more of a sensor thing? I think editors would like to read the word "cock" sometimes.
Speaking of words, the author did a very good job at using the language in a way that made it clear that this is an older style of Englishspeak, but clear enough that I didn't have to google every other word!