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pattyblom's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
5.0
Really liked this historical romance. You get a glimps of the world of the elite and also what was going on with the woman's rights movement. Loved the strong female lead. Enemies to lovers which causes some cringy moments, because he tries to keep it in his pants and be respectable. There is some spice with consent later though. But overall good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Police brutality, and Death of parent
roget's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
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
3.0
The duke was a bit predatory in some scenes in ways that squicked me out. Annabelle was okay with it; in her place, I wouldn’t have been. (Also wasn’t a fan of a scene in which he contemplates how he would have the power to rape her. I think the author was trying to draw attention to his awareness of their uncomfortable power differentials, and obviously, he does not do that, but the fact that the thought occurs to him, even in an abstract, disassociated way, is tbh a bit chilling. I kept reading because the book is mostly self aware of this. It seems to want us to confront the more uncomfortable ways that women were (and are) interacted with.
I did like the scene on the parliament floor. That made me like him a touch more. That was pretty cool.
Overall, I was rooting for Jenkins despite knowing that he wasn’t who she’d end up with b/c Montgomery seemed like a stack of red flags sewn into a bag that you might stuff over someone’s head while kidnapping them.
The suffragette content was quite fascinating to see, and it was woven into the plot well. It’s a historical romance with some fleshed out muscle, basically.
Note: for sensitive, anxious turtles like myself, this book does have mature scenes, but they are skippable without too much plot confusion.
Another note: I marked “dark” because I think this is dark for the genre.
I did like the scene on the parliament floor. That made me like him a touch more. That was pretty cool.
Overall, I was rooting for Jenkins despite knowing that he wasn’t who she’d end up with b/c Montgomery seemed like a stack of red flags sewn into a bag that you might stuff over someone’s head while kidnapping them.
The suffragette content was quite fascinating to see, and it was woven into the plot well. It’s a historical romance with some fleshed out muscle, basically.
Note: for sensitive, anxious turtles like myself, this book does have mature scenes, but they are skippable without too much plot confusion.
Another note: I marked “dark” because I think this is dark for the genre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
I would recommend victims of sexual harassment, assault, and violence proceed with caution.
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