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A review by sarahcophagus
Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas
3.0
I’m just going to sweep over any of the complications that would come from Nick going back and claiming his Viscountcy under his original name, even though he was a convicted criminal under his original name, AND presumably it’s also a new crime to assume the name of a different criminal in order to escape prison… because just like in the last book, the bow street runners are basically magical bureaucracy fixers and I don’t even know where to start asking questions.
The romance is cute, but it does feel like five books shoved into one. There’s too much plot with Lottie’s ex fiance and family, as well as Nick’s past trauma, and being too ‘daring’ at work (and his workplace shutting down), then Nick regaining his title and childhood home. It was weird seeing a whole section of Westcliff (from before It Happened One Autumn) proposing a marriage of convenience to Charlotte when we didn’t have any page time to see their relationship at all. There’s even a whole extended prologue about Nick losing his virginity to a madame and starting a 3 year relationship with her, which really felt completely unnecessary. Like, I would have believed it if they just told me he’s into lots of kinky sexual stuff, I didn’t need to, like, see exactly where he borrowed the kama sutra book from.
The romance is cute, but it does feel like five books shoved into one. There’s too much plot with Lottie’s ex fiance and family, as well as Nick’s past trauma, and being too ‘daring’ at work (and his workplace shutting down), then Nick regaining his title and childhood home. It was weird seeing a whole section of Westcliff (from before It Happened One Autumn) proposing a marriage of convenience to Charlotte when we didn’t have any page time to see their relationship at all. There’s even a whole extended prologue about Nick losing his virginity to a madame and starting a 3 year relationship with her, which really felt completely unnecessary. Like, I would have believed it if they just told me he’s into lots of kinky sexual stuff, I didn’t need to, like, see exactly where he borrowed the kama sutra book from.