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A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

4 reviews

akswhy's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Beware the trigger warnings! This one has some dark bits! Once you get past the first quarter-third of the book being pretty grossly harassment-y, the plot is actually pretty good. I almost didn’t keep reading past a certain point of blatant sexual harassment, so I wish the character development began sooner. I preferred this book to its previous because plot was more complex than “we can’t get married because Victorian socioeconomics.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

celery's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

garbage_mcsmutly's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

alingtori's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

"She had not yet truly comprehended power then, and how treacherously easy it was to side with it, and to ask that the downtrodden ones change before one demanded the tyrant change."

What I love about this book is that while it is a historical romance novel, it also unflinchingly tells a story of those who suffer injustice. Maybe this is why the characters all seem so real.

It's so easy tell a story of a suffragette falling in love. But in A Rogue of One's Own, Dunmore elevates it further by  making us see for ourselves the horrendous treatment experienced by women—from prostitutes like Ann, to aristocrats like Lady Rochester—and even to a gay man like Lord Arthur. We're even treated by a discussion about imperialism!

Lucie's story is not just hers, it is also the story of the suffragist movement. The book is not looking at the world with rose colored glasses. It does not shy away from the ugly side of fighting for a cause, the sacrifices and the fears of those who are at the front lines. Fighting for a cause can be lonely, especially when you've been doing it all your life. 

Thankfully, we also have people around to give us love and friendship. 

Lucie and Tristan complement each other. I can just imagine the strategizing that they will do to further their advocacy, what a power couple!  (Also, I definitely love me some enemies to lovers + friends with benefits + domesticity!) I was happy to see that they didn't magically agreed to get married the moment they make it clear that they love each other. 

Of course, I love them too as individuals. Lucie is fiery and tough. She doesn't run from any fight and always move forward. (Which is why it did not make sense to me that she wanted to run to Tuscany after her confrontation with Tristan, effectively leaving behind her responsibilities to the cause.) 

And Tristan, oh Tristan. I perfectly understand why any lady would swoon before him. I'm not really a fan of poetry but I turn into mush every time he recites one. He is definitely a simp for Lucie from day one. He even drew up a list so he can convince her to take him. So cute. And I knew he and Boudicca are connected the moment he mentions it in Bringing Down the Duke!

I lowkey wish that Lucie's story was placed last in the series because it feels like a great book to end a series that tells the story of suffragists. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization