Reviews

Blame It on the Duke by Lenora Bell

saynabreadsbooks's review

5.0

Another great book by Lenora Bell
Loved this book
always wanted to read Alice story
Loved all the characters in this book, the witty banter between the hero and heroine

are we gonna see what will become of Jane

or Lear I hope they get their own book


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canderson1876's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

fdarlene491's review

5.0

I had hoped that Nick would get his own story. I was intrigued when he was introduced in the previous story. Who wouldn't want to know more about the man behind the infamous parties? It turned out just lovely.

bookfortbuilder's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

being_b's review

1.0

I was really enjoying this book up until the last four pages. The heroine is clever and interesting and the hero is convincingly screwed up in just the right way. But then

Spoiler

in the end he decides to "out" her as the translator of a piece of the Kama Sutra, despite the fact that she had told him that if he did that, her translation would be disregarded and it was important to her to contribute to the scholarly community. He tells the other scholars, they immediately stop complimenting her translation and start doubting it until he offers to donate some money (which he only has because she had a huge dowry, he was broke) to their new roof. And they walk off together,
with her reflecting on how much she luuuurves him. A whole book of him respecting her as a person undone by one stupid act of disregarding her professional judgment. UGH.

It completely ruined things for me.

jody_diou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

aqtbenz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

labwa_0712's review

2.0

Boooring.

kerrythefire's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

This was a cute book. I found it looking for Alice and Wonderland reimaginings, which it is not, but it does give some fun easter eggs in the form of names and such. Regardless, it was a fun little love story and Alice and Nick were great together. 

Alice was my kind of heroine - smart, determined, confident, curious, intellectual, kind and compassionate... And we need more heros like Nick who just roll with that kind of heroine and enjoy her as a person. 

I never got fully sucked into this story, but it could have been partially the narration (it wasn't bad, it just wasn't immersive). I think this story would be great adapted into a movie or miniseries where the imagery could round out the story more.

jillmlong's review

4.0

I loved the characters. Very nice story.