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The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne by Elisa Braden

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saynabreadsbooks's review

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5.0

I just discovered this author

Love this book
It had everything you want in a HEA

caitlin_bookchats's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Look, if you enjoyed this book more power to you because for me personally this was not it.

Some of this is my own fault. Somehow in my head I thought this was a historical romance that was going to deal with a mental illness in the MMC in a complex and nuanced way, but it is not. In fact, I'm a bit confused by the title because what was the madness supposed to be? General anger?

But generally I hated the MMC and how he treated the FMC and didn't feel their relationship was really developed emotionally. Plus, this book was extremely forgettable. A couple that shouldn't be together should at least be interesting.

Looking at who the other books in this series are about gives me no faith that this author writes the kind of MMC I can get behind so I will definitely not be continuing.

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natikreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Much better than the prequel

karinanoelle's review

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medium-paced

3.0

booksnbubbly7's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

vi_violetss's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

opheliabedilia's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was well written and moved along at a nice clip, but the MMC was very unlikable and did not redeem himself at all to my satisfaction. I basically just felt like the FMC accepted that he was an asshole because it kept her life from being boring. Which is certainly a choice.