A review by fainting_couch
When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James

Ok so I liked this starting premise and then very little else lmao. There was no real movement from Simeon on his reductive concept of marriage and I find “discovered eastern mysticism” distinctly uncharming. I like Isidore throughout the books and liked her still here but I can’t say I understand when she fell in love with him she just seemed a little dickmatized lol. Idk I think I would’ve overlooked the character flaws if he had like grown? But it didn’t feel enough to me