A review by madeleinehelena
For Love of the Duke by Christi Caldwell
2.0
"Life is horrible and unfair and terrifying. But those are not reasons to stop living."
Jasper saving Katherine's life and their subsequent correspondence via letters was a promising start.
However, the story quickly became less about them getting to know each other and more about them repeating the same thought patterns of "his first wife was perfect, he will never be able to love me" and "I killed my wife, I deserve to be miserable".
I found myself waiting for the added drama to drive their communication forward, as is often the case in romance. The story jumped four months ahead and the resolution therefore seemed rushed.
This book lands between two and three stars. I'm bumping it down due to the frequent weird usage of comma - it was recurringly added where it was not needed, for example on page 284: "Katherine’s hair hung in damp, strands about her waist and shoulders..." The book was otherwise well written, which makes these errors stand out.
Jasper saving Katherine's life and their subsequent correspondence via letters was a promising start.
However, the story quickly became less about them getting to know each other and more about them repeating the same thought patterns of "his first wife was perfect, he will never be able to love me" and "I killed my wife, I deserve to be miserable".
I found myself waiting for the added drama to drive their communication forward, as is often the case in romance. The story jumped four months ahead and the resolution therefore seemed rushed.
This book lands between two and three stars. I'm bumping it down due to the frequent weird usage of comma - it was recurringly added where it was not needed, for example on page 284: "Katherine’s hair hung in damp, strands about her waist and shoulders..." The book was otherwise well written, which makes these errors stand out.