A review by roseybot
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
2.0
Ugh. I so thought this book was going in a different direction. The description was great! Anna takes control of her life and seduces the Earl!
But no, it got ruined by overly possessive lords and everyone lying to each other.
I really wanted to like this book too. Elizabeth Hoyt has to be a best seller for some reason, but I think this will be the last book I read by her. Asshole heroes are fine. Heroes that fly into a temper when denied their heroine, or do not listen to their heroine's telling them that she has said no, not so fine.
I found Edward to be annoying in his possessiveness and then in his vanity. He would not shut up about the pox scars. Everything was about them, and it was fucking annoying. I was vaguely intrigued by the idea of a hero who wanted a family desperately, but all of his actions weren't about obtaining that. I would never, ever, trust Edward around children, and can't imagine how Anna would be fine with it.
Except that Anna was obtuse and naive as all hell, and so of course she would.
Also, the epilogue was just... ugh. I basically knew she wasn't barren from the moment it was brought up. Of course she wasn't, Edward was never going to be tested on that problem.
Everything about this book was annoying. I skimmed through the end.
That being said, I don't think it was bad. I do think that generally though, Elizabeth Hoyt is not for me. I think I'll be putting her down and picking up some other author to entertain me.
But no, it got ruined by overly possessive lords and everyone lying to each other.
I really wanted to like this book too. Elizabeth Hoyt has to be a best seller for some reason, but I think this will be the last book I read by her. Asshole heroes are fine. Heroes that fly into a temper when denied their heroine, or do not listen to their heroine's telling them that she has said no, not so fine.
I found Edward to be annoying in his possessiveness and then in his vanity. He would not shut up about the pox scars. Everything was about them, and it was fucking annoying. I was vaguely intrigued by the idea of a hero who wanted a family desperately, but all of his actions weren't about obtaining that. I would never, ever, trust Edward around children, and can't imagine how Anna would be fine with it.
Except that Anna was obtuse and naive as all hell, and so of course she would.
Also, the epilogue was just... ugh. I basically knew she wasn't barren from the moment it was brought up. Of course she wasn't, Edward was never going to be tested on that problem.
Everything about this book was annoying. I skimmed through the end.
That being said, I don't think it was bad. I do think that generally though, Elizabeth Hoyt is not for me. I think I'll be putting her down and picking up some other author to entertain me.