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A review by mbarron57
Addicted to the Duke by Bronwen Evans
2.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House - Loveswept for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was offered to me and since I love Historical Romances I didn't turn it down. This was my first Bronwen Evans (amazing name for a HR writer by the way!) book and I was impressed by her writing. In some HR novels the authors tend to overuse Regency slang but I didn't really see that in this book.
Also, the plot wasn't your average "girl/guy longing for a certain guy/girl then something makes them see they love each other and all ends well" story which I appreciated. It kept the story from feeling familiar and that can't be an easy task considering how many historical romances are out there.
So why 2 stars? I could not get over the drug theme in this book. Im not easily offended and certainly not by a book with a drug addict in it but it seemed like all they did in this book was talk about drug use. I get it affected the main characters but by the end of the book the fact that he was "addicted" was brought up on every page. And if you're going to have a strong main character with this type of character flaw then they need to have more emotional growth than what I felt he had in this book to overcome his addiction.
Overall, this isn't a book I'd recommend however I will probably read another Bronwen Evans book in the future.
This book was offered to me and since I love Historical Romances I didn't turn it down. This was my first Bronwen Evans (amazing name for a HR writer by the way!) book and I was impressed by her writing. In some HR novels the authors tend to overuse Regency slang but I didn't really see that in this book.
Also, the plot wasn't your average "girl/guy longing for a certain guy/girl then something makes them see they love each other and all ends well" story which I appreciated. It kept the story from feeling familiar and that can't be an easy task considering how many historical romances are out there.
So why 2 stars? I could not get over the drug theme in this book. Im not easily offended and certainly not by a book with a drug addict in it but it seemed like all they did in this book was talk about drug use. I get it affected the main characters but by the end of the book the fact that he was "addicted" was brought up on every page. And if you're going to have a strong main character with this type of character flaw then they need to have more emotional growth than what I felt he had in this book to overcome his addiction.
Overall, this isn't a book I'd recommend however I will probably read another Bronwen Evans book in the future.