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My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

23 reviews

turnthepages_nl's review against another edition

De disability rep stond me enorm tegen. Het zwabbert alle kanten op.
Ik heb de laatste hoofdstukken even gelezen en mijn vermoedens werden bevestigd...

ze hebben PIV seks, hij kan een stijve krijgen én klaarkomen. Ookal werd eerder brweerd dat hij dat niet kon na zijn ongeluk. En Katherine raakt zelfs zwanger. *zucht*

Maar waar ik vooral op afknapte is de scene dat de koets in het water reed en de hertog haar, zijn personeel én de paarden uit het water wist te halen. Terwijl hij chronische pijn en stijfheid heeft in zijn bene en net een heel aantal uur heeft paardgereden dus zijn lichaam al bekaf is.
Vervolgens tilt hij de man op zijn schouders en loopt zo het bos in. Terwijl hij meestal met een stok moet lopen...
Dit was allemaal zo onrealistisch en gemakkelijk. Daarna even kort noemen dat hij pijn heeft en verder niks?! Nee sorry dan knap ik echt af. Heel jammer dit.

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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boundbyemily's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

“I would lay the world at your feet if I could, Katherine.”
“I do not need the whole world. Just a little bit of you, Alexander,”

The angst in this one was so good — the disability rep was written well but the pacing of this book was what stopped it from being really good.

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3.75

I quite enjoyed this story, mostly due to the hero, Alexander. While he could play the part of the brash and crass Duke, this seemed to mostly be a mask that he put on for society, hiding his sweet and adoring nature beneath. He was an emotionally complex character whose POV I loved being in.

Our heroine, Kitty, seemed to fall a bit flat in comparison. She didn’t feel as fully fleshed out. I would have liked a heroine who would have challenged him a bit more rather than the Little Miss Prim & Proper.

And then came the narrator. Good god, I could barely stand her. I almost DNF’d the audiobook at 4% because of her strange over-pronunciation of words (I wouldn’t be surprised if she was an American putting on a British accent) and the melodramatic performance of the text which constantly brought me out of the story.

But I forced myself to keep going through her weird breathless tone, the sound akin to someone trying, unsuccessfully, to whistle but only able to blow air out of their mouth. The only character whose voice I enjoyed was the minor Russian side character

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⚠️implication of SA

⚠️physical impairment due to injury

⚠️mention of impotence

⚠️mention of past drug addiction

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