A review by melbsreads
Lady Sophia's Lover, by Lisa Kleypas
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Trigger warnings: death of a sibling (in the past), grief, violence, gun violence, blood, kidnapping, police brutality, misogyny, death of a spouse (in the past), death during childbirth (in the past), death of an infant during childbirth (in the past)
I think I've realised that the time has come for me to stop reading Lisa Kleypas books because there's just something about them that NEVER works for me. The dynamic between her heroes and heroines is always strangely...confrontational and there's often an element of condescension between them that gives me the ick. This was no exception.
Like, I did really enjoy the idea of the heroine going undercover to get revenge on the man who essentially gave her brother a death sentence and then realising that there was more to her brother than she knew and that Sir Ross isn't a terrible person and also maybe she's caught feelings for him. But it felt like the second they hooked up, at least 50% of the actual plot just got thrown out the window in favour of him sticking his dick in her all over the house. And, like, I'm here for a well placed sex scene but I also want the actual plot of the story to keep going, you know?
It got there in the end, but I definitely wasn't frothing at the mouth over these two the way that a lot of people on Bookstagram seem to be.
I think I've realised that the time has come for me to stop reading Lisa Kleypas books because there's just something about them that NEVER works for me. The dynamic between her heroes and heroines is always strangely...confrontational and there's often an element of condescension between them that gives me the ick. This was no exception.
Like, I did really enjoy the idea of the heroine going undercover to get revenge on the man who essentially gave her brother a death sentence and then realising that there was more to her brother than she knew and that Sir Ross isn't a terrible person and also maybe she's caught feelings for him. But it felt like the second they hooked up, at least 50% of the actual plot just got thrown out the window in favour of him sticking his dick in her all over the house. And, like, I'm here for a well placed sex scene but I also want the actual plot of the story to keep going, you know?
It got there in the end, but I definitely wasn't frothing at the mouth over these two the way that a lot of people on Bookstagram seem to be.