Reviews

What the Duke Wants by Amy Quinton

alejandra_guerrero's review against another edition

2.0

DNF at 50%. Grammar mistakes, punctuation mistakes, and a bunch of words and expressions that were used for the first time at least 50 years after this story supposedly takes place (I researched them). Everyone keeps adressing the Duke as "DUKE" WTF! There are random first person sentences all over the place, and the characters' toughts ramble on for pages about inconsecuential things. All these little details kept janking me out of the story.
I just couldn't understand why Grace was so infatuated with the Duke, when she spends way more time with his more charming friend the Marquiss. Specially when said Duke has been nothing but rude, when he deigned to speak two words to her. And in the same vein, why was he attracted to her? He has spent all of two minutes interacting with her! Really, if the love interest was the Marquiss, it would make so much more sense! Dansbury actually falls in love with Grace, afer spending days in her company (chaperoned, mind you).
The murder-mystery/secret society sub-plot makes no sense, and I just stopped caring what happened to these people.

peachani's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

morvvenna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

writer595's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

joonlily's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

Overall I liked this story a lot. My only real problem was the behavior of the Duke, who was a perfectly decent human around everyone but Grace (most of the time). His way of fighting his feelingss is to act like an absolute asshat, and though we do get enough of his character to know he's a better guy than that, he's also....really an asshat sometimes. 
I'm enjoying the mystery element, and

looking forward to what seems to be a redeemed villain story with Beatryce (who was a raging monster in this book) and the cinnamon roll that is Dansbury. An enemy to lovers romance with a redeemed female villain? Sign me up.