A review by chirson
Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan

4.0

I loved it. The humour, the characters, the banter, the sex. I loved all of it, it helped tide me over an abysmal day with my family (Christmas time, misery and wishing I had wine). Judith might be one of my favourite Milan protagonists, capable and strong and facing many of the same issues I know from personal experience. And the male protag, Christian - he was swoon-worthy, just what one wants from the romance protag. And I loved the kittens! Foul / fowl puns! And Judith's family. And all the other things...

That said, I had this niggling feeling that the writer's heart is not quite in it at moments :( There were some typos and the ending in particular felt terribly hurried

Spoiler

- they break up and they get back together in the space of a heartbeat, and then we just jump to over a year later to signal the sequel. The friendship with Daisy didn't really add much other than space for the novella sequel. I wasn't sure if Christian's change of heart / mind was truly earned (I kind of thought the solution would be that they would relocate to the US... I see I'm a touch more pragmatist about my conscience.)

(Chickens and chicken comparisons were a nice touch. I was mightily amused due to following Courtney Milan's twitter and knowing about her own fowl woes.)