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A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

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celery's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

4.75

📝Even though MMC basically loved FMC from the start, and I'm usually a sucker for that, it was kind of hard to root for him because he kept something secret from her that he definitely shouldn't have, for like a long time. I admired FMC's commitment to the cause (women's rights and suffrage) even if she could be myopic about it. And I learned a bit from the book about the state of women's rights in Victorian England.

🎧 Dual POV, only one (female) narrator, she was good.

🌶️ 3.5/5 There were a few steamy scenes but they weren't super graphic.

🏳️‍🌈✊ Neurodivergence rep!! MMC probably has ADHD. His mother has a mental illness--at least depression, possibly bipolar.

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gillyreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

There were a lot of things I really enjoyed about this book. I think Evie Dunmore had obviously done extensive research, and is a skillful writer. It did feel like the book probably could have been cut down a little though.

The characters felt real and vibrantly individual. I loved how intense Lucy was about her politics, and really enjoyed the complexities of her and Tristian figuring each other (and themselves) out. It was a really great take on enemies to lovers. I think my favourite aspect was them navigating how they could make a relationship equal in a system that gave one party absolute power over the other.

There were a few points that threw me off a bit. Firstly, it feels ridiculous to read a recently written historical romance - especially set in a univeristy town - and have the only character of colour be a valet. The whole thing with Tristian's tatoo felt off, and while he was quite critical of the war it didn't really feel like it suffieciently grappled with the evilness of the British Empire. I also felt like it was a little lacking in class analysis, frustrating given how extensively political the story is. Finaly, for me the whole characterisation of Arthur was not well done, it gave very strong Georgette Heyer vibes in a not good way.

Hopefuly she improves on these kinds of points in future books.

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jelkebooks's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god, I absolutely LOVED this book. I previously read book 1 and 3 in this series and even though they weren't terrible, they were a bit boring to me. So I didn't have the highest expectations going into this book. However, this ended up being absolutely incredible. I just loved everything about this one.
Lucie and Tristan were great main characters, and their dynamic was absolutely everything. I loved how he was down bad for her from the start, and she was the one developing feelings throughout the book. Most books have it the other way around, and I honestly loved the switch up. On top of that they just a great back and forth, and they had some absolutely adorable moments together. I was utterly obsessed with the way their romance played out. They literally made me tear up with their cuteness. I even think their third act conflict was really well executed. I typically don't like those very much, but I think theirs made a lot of sense for them and their developement.
I also liked the suffragette subplot in this book. As much as I thought it was interesting part in the other books in the series I don't think it was always incorperated well, and therefore the plot could feel a bit bogged down. However, I don't think that was the case for this book. Considering Lucie is the leader of our group, she has A LOT on her plate. Therefore her work felt way more naturally incorperated into the story, also Tristan's interest for her job helped. It was great seeing him genuinely show an interest, and do the things in his power to help her out. It was just all really well done.

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bookishmillennial's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

This was not my favorite of the series so far (the first one was fine!), but I will continue on and see if I like the third one. First of all, I found the inclusion of the Shiva tattoo to be ..... a choice. I don't know, I just felt it was unnecessary and if you're going to do something like this, as a white writer, you need to do your due diligence and you *need* to hire sensitivity readers. I appreciate whenever historical romance tries to add commentary on the racism, sexism, colonization, etc. of the time, but you still need to do it with immense care.

Tristan & Lucie were okay; I do enjoy a slow burn because I love the unraveling of each character and the final ultimate "okay fine you have broken down my walls and I want you!" That is always delicious. However, I just could not find the male love interest that redeemable. Was he charismatic and had his sweet moments? Yes, absolutely. I just didn't feel he redeemed himself, that's all!

Steam was a 2.5/5

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