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A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles

35 reviews

hex_meghead's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

One of Charles' weakest storylines. The main antagonists were flat, mustache-twirling cartoon villains and the "dramatic" climax of

Luke getting trapped in the coffin

felt very forced. 
The writing and main characters were still very enjoyable but this is the first book by the author I was rolling my eyes at during multiple parts of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

quinnyquinnquinn's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder and Classism

Minor: Rape

cleot's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I thought the first book in this series was good, but this one was excellent. The chemistry between the main characters was stellar, it provides a great conclusion to the money plot of the first book, and I am personally a sucker for the "betrayed the crew and feels real bad about it" trope. I also felt like Charles gives enough reason for why Rufus decides to take Luke back and gives Luke a pretty justifiable reason for being so emotionally messed up. I felt the pacing was stellar, I loved the integration of gothic horror tropes, the idea of giving forgiveness as a gift to yourself--all of it is great. 

I did think the very ending reveal was a bit unnecessary, but it didn't really dampen my enjoyment of the book as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Murder

onefineelephant's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

9/10. This book was deliciously steamy, romantic, and intriguing. There were a million twists and turns that I didn't see coming. I love that the main leads became true friends before becoming lovers. Also, the plot was so rich and interesting outside of the romance. I actually read this one before the first book in the series so I do plan on rereading this when I can read the books in order. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

elliott_the_clementine's review

emotional hopeful fast-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

4.25

A highly enjoyable romp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia and Murder

Minor: Rape

cyberhavok's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

4.5

It's so hard to decide which book I liked more in The Doomsday Books series. As much as I loved this, I think I have to give it to the first book for spending more time discussing the wildlife and landscape of the marsh and having a little more action and mystery. This book is a bit like a gothic novel where a newcomer has to contend with an intimidating estate and the unwelcoming people living in it with them. The estate is not spooky or particularly mysterious, though. The story focuses more on internal character struggles and family dramas (not that those aren't present in the previous book.) You also get a clear sense of how time has passed since the last book, and a lot of familiar faces pop up from the last story. The premise of the Inheritance drama is a good setup for introducing the new characters. Luke and Rufus are fantastic together. KJ Charles seems to be really good at creating characters that feel like unique, distinct people despite them sharing similarities with each other. Luke and Rufus are not just transplants of the lead characters in the last book, their circumstances and their romance are their own. The uncle and aunt causing 90% of all the problems were comically awful people, I always pictured Victoria's parents from The Corpse Bride when they were in a scene. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Rape, Violence, and War

yuri_rum_raisin's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

samchase112's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Officially obsessed with this series! I couldn’t stop turning the pages for the life of me as sweet, cunning Luke and honest, straightforward Rufus fell for each other. There was a lot going on here, and honestly I skimmed a fair amount of the rattled-off names and relations, but overall I had the most wonderful time in this world, with these characters (though I must make it a point to say the first book was better). Action-packed and completely swoon-worthy, this gay historical romance is just so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy