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A review by gonturans
Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle
4.0
This one was a genuine surprise– well-researched, emotional, true to the period, and written in a way that didn’t make me want to claw my eyes out (there’s one typo of reign/rein that stuck out to me, though). Fake engagement/marriage of convenience crew, this one’s for you.
The end of the book managed to surprise me in one way, even though I suspected the twist, and I find it a good thing when a reader knows what’s coming and the author still manages to make it hurt (even if I’d have liked some other scenes to fill that relationship out). I was so pleased at the inclusion of actual politics of the time into the plot, and the heroine feels like a real person??? The rake and his reformation is enough of a trope that he can manage to feel real with little effort, but so many authors neglect their heroines and their flaws. Not here!
The end of the book managed to surprise me in one way, even though I suspected the twist, and I find it a good thing when a reader knows what’s coming and the author still manages to make it hurt (even if I’d have liked some other scenes to fill that relationship out). I was so pleased at the inclusion of actual politics of the time into the plot, and the heroine feels like a real person??? The rake and his reformation is enough of a trope that he can manage to feel real with little effort, but so many authors neglect their heroines and their flaws. Not here!