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A review by garbage_mcsmutly
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
⭐ 4.25/5
🌶️ 3.25/5
📝 I really enjoyed this story. I think both FMC Annabelle's and MMC Sebastian's viewpoints were valid considering their backgrounds, and the things keeping them apart made sense to them. I loved Annabelle overall, being such a smart and resourceful and self possessed woman. And Sebastian's deep well of feelings beneath his stony exterior.
I liked that there were lots of political details (re: suffragists, and Tories v Liberals, and Queen Victoria). I really love a historical that's not afraid to take a side in favor of basic human rights/dignity, and shows some progressive views, however anachronistic that may make it.
🎧 This was dual POV but a single (female) narrator, Elizabeth Jasicki. She did a good job with the voices and intonations so that most of the time it was easy to tell, for example, when someone was thinking something versus saying it aloud (this is a constant peril of audiobooks), or which character was speaking at any time.
🌶️ There were a handful of steamy scenes with a medium level of detail. And there was great chemistry between these two.
🏳️🌈✊ There wasn't really any traditional diversity to speak of in the book. No mention of race or ethnicity or sexual orientation that differed from "the norm" (white, English, straight). And I would've expected at least one or two bi or lesbian characters in a story centered around the women's rights movement. There were different social classes represented, which kinda counts as a type of diversity, when we're talking British historicals?
🌶️ 3.25/5
📝 I really enjoyed this story. I think both FMC Annabelle's and MMC Sebastian's viewpoints were valid considering their backgrounds, and the things keeping them apart made sense to them. I loved Annabelle overall, being such a smart and resourceful and self possessed woman. And Sebastian's deep well of feelings beneath his stony exterior.
I liked that there were lots of political details (re: suffragists, and Tories v Liberals, and Queen Victoria). I really love a historical that's not afraid to take a side in favor of basic human rights/dignity, and shows some progressive views, however anachronistic that may make it.
🎧 This was dual POV but a single (female) narrator, Elizabeth Jasicki. She did a good job with the voices and intonations so that most of the time it was easy to tell, for example, when someone was thinking something versus saying it aloud (this is a constant peril of audiobooks), or which character was speaking at any time.
🌶️ There were a handful of steamy scenes with a medium level of detail. And there was great chemistry between these two.
🏳️🌈✊ There wasn't really any traditional diversity to speak of in the book. No mention of race or ethnicity or sexual orientation that differed from "the norm" (white, English, straight). And I would've expected at least one or two bi or lesbian characters in a story centered around the women's rights movement. There were different social classes represented, which kinda counts as a type of diversity, when we're talking British historicals?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement and Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail