A review by adifferentreadingview
The Rake by L.J. Shen

3.0

As the ending of the Boston Belle series, I was really excited for this book. I adored Emmabelle in the other stories so I knew her getting the last book would be something monumental. She was so mysterious in the other books, always so supportive to her friends but never really allowing them to be there for herself. Nothing ever phased her, she seemed so badass. Reading her story made me sad because of what she went through, I couldn’t blame her for being a ball buster- she 100% had a reason to be one with the history and everything that she went through. It still made me sad to see everything she went through, sometimes I just wanted to shake her character and say YOU ARE LOVEABLE, DO AN ELSA AND LET IT GO!! I loved that Devon was British royalty because I am 100% a sucker to books about royalty. Love stories about royalty is 100% my jam. The whole story was pretty great- the angst was real. All the miscommunication, the longing, all of it got to me. Halfway through reading this book, I cried because I just wanted Belle to be happy and it wasn’t happening because her and Devon were being idiots. Overall, I enjoyed this story - the addition of the other Boston Belles and their men were awesome because I also love their characters. I’m sad to see the end of this series, but looking forward to whatever else LJ Shen is cooking up next. Her series are always so excellent!