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nadiamasood's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
This a sweet, incredibly funny, and lighthearted romance with no explicit content, featuring a strong female main character and an impoverished baron who, refreshingly, isn't your typical aristocratic hero.
While the plot leans heavily on the miscommunication trope, which isn't my favorite, I still had a lot of fun reading it!
The “hunting” scene is my favorite from the book!
While the plot leans heavily on the miscommunication trope, which isn't my favorite, I still had a lot of fun reading it!
The “hunting” scene is my favorite from the book!
houdini117's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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? No
5.0
kwthor's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Toxic relationship and Death of parent
artsynerd97's review
funny
lighthearted
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
4.0
lolovesbooks3's review against another edition
3.0
It’s probably more that this plot just didn’t click with me personally.
These characters were great individually and there were some funny moments. The pond, the squirrel, the fish wallpaper to name a few. However, the relationship building was so odd. Jonathan got in his head that he was going to marry the woman buying his house so that he didn’t have to lose his house. He was so thoroughly convinced of it, he thought of her as his future wife whenever they interacted even though she didn’t know him from Adam and was utterly annoyed by him for most of the book. I dunno. It made for a weird dynamic.
My other issue was with the pacing. The book took quite a bit of time to get started. The two main characters didn’t really start consistently interacting until almost 40% in. Then Jonathan proposed really early before much of a relationship was developed. She turns him down because she doesn’t know him well enough and doesn’t like him that much (a very valid reason), but then he gives her a thoughtful (and kind of odd and forward) gift so she decides, “Eh! What the heck? I’ll give him a shot!” Fast forward a few months (they were separated the entire time) and she’s suddenly really into him even though she doesn’t know him any better than she did when he proposed… must have been the gift, I guess. But she still had to turn him down, obviously. A year later and almost drowning in a pond and… well… I don’t want to ruin it. The plot was really just too all over the place for me.
I know many people love this book so if you’re a fan of clean regency romance and you’re less of a curmudgeon than I am, give it a shot.
These characters were great individually and there were some funny moments. The pond, the squirrel, the fish wallpaper to name a few. However, the relationship building was so odd. Jonathan got in his head that he was going to marry the woman buying his house so that he didn’t have to lose his house. He was so thoroughly convinced of it, he thought of her as his future wife whenever they interacted even though she didn’t know him from Adam and was utterly annoyed by him for most of the book. I dunno. It made for a weird dynamic.
My other issue was with the pacing. The book took quite a bit of time to get started. The two main characters didn’t really start consistently interacting until almost 40% in. Then Jonathan proposed really early before much of a relationship was developed. She turns him down because she doesn’t know him well enough and doesn’t like him that much (a very valid reason), but then he gives her a thoughtful (and kind of odd and forward) gift so she decides, “Eh! What the heck? I’ll give him a shot!” Fast forward a few months (they were separated the entire time) and she’s suddenly really into him even though she doesn’t know him any better than she did when he proposed… must have been the gift, I guess. But she still had to turn him down, obviously. A year later and almost drowning in a pond and… well… I don’t want to ruin it. The plot was really just too all over the place for me.
I know many people love this book so if you’re a fan of clean regency romance and you’re less of a curmudgeon than I am, give it a shot.
merdenerde's review
The context switching between Jonathan and his solicitor's point of view gave me whiplash. Life's too short for confusing writing. Onwards to the next one.
carlsfisch's review against another edition
5.0
Multiple times I had to stifle chuckling out loud to not wake my husband. A delightfully unique novel that made me have permasmile while reading the banter between characters. Looking forward to the next book of this series.