A review by rjordan19
Her Best Friend, the Duke by Laura Martin
3.0
Her Best Friend, the Duke by Laura Martin
This is a story of friends to lovers. Caroline has always been in love with her friend James. They have an unconventional friendship for 5 years (I mean who has heard of a woman and a man being friends??). James cherishes their friendship but has never looked deeper than that. Caroline is beginning to realize she wants more from life than to be a spinster and burden on her relatives. She accepts that she must marry and it might not be the true love she dreams about. James immediately is unsettled by her decision, though he hasn't really examined why. He says he will assist her by helping her practice her flirting and assisting her in finding a good match.
Give this book a try if you like
friends to lovers trope
an older hero or age gap romance. Heroine is 24 while hero is 41.
unrequited love
Sadly this story was just okay to me. I didn't really like that the hero needed everything thrown in his face to realize how he felt. And it had to happen repeatedly. I just wasn't left feeling like he was totally in love with the heroine. He is a hero that believes in that true love, the one that slams you in heart and knocks you off your feat. He didn't realize there were different kinds of love, love that can form slowly over time with a friendship and turn to passion. It was such a point of contention in the book, I just wasn't left with the feeling he fully believed and accepted this.
The heroine just left me lukewarm. She cried a lot. I kept waiting to her to do, well, something. Maybe something to show the duke what he was missing. Maybe try to entice him with their flirtation lessons. But she didn't do much. She just kept pining and crying, and staring at him and attending balls...
I do think many will find this a pleasant way to pass the time though. It's a fairly quick read with a nice mix of steam, humor, dialogue. It just wasn't a top rating for me.
Thanks netgalley for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions about this story are my own.
This is a story of friends to lovers. Caroline has always been in love with her friend James. They have an unconventional friendship for 5 years (I mean who has heard of a woman and a man being friends??). James cherishes their friendship but has never looked deeper than that. Caroline is beginning to realize she wants more from life than to be a spinster and burden on her relatives. She accepts that she must marry and it might not be the true love she dreams about. James immediately is unsettled by her decision, though he hasn't really examined why. He says he will assist her by helping her practice her flirting and assisting her in finding a good match.
Give this book a try if you like
friends to lovers trope
an older hero or age gap romance. Heroine is 24 while hero is 41.
unrequited love
Sadly this story was just okay to me. I didn't really like that the hero needed everything thrown in his face to realize how he felt. And it had to happen repeatedly. I just wasn't left feeling like he was totally in love with the heroine. He is a hero that believes in that true love, the one that slams you in heart and knocks you off your feat. He didn't realize there were different kinds of love, love that can form slowly over time with a friendship and turn to passion. It was such a point of contention in the book, I just wasn't left with the feeling he fully believed and accepted this.
The heroine just left me lukewarm. She cried a lot. I kept waiting to her to do, well, something. Maybe something to show the duke what he was missing. Maybe try to entice him with their flirtation lessons. But she didn't do much. She just kept pining and crying, and staring at him and attending balls...
I do think many will find this a pleasant way to pass the time though. It's a fairly quick read with a nice mix of steam, humor, dialogue. It just wasn't a top rating for me.
Thanks netgalley for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions about this story are my own.