A review by pantsreadsbooks
Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this one so much, especially in the middle stretch. Charlotte and Piers are absolutely delightful together and the funny parts are hilarious. This was fully a 5-star read until the last quarter where things went a bit off the rails—

Piers setting the fire seems like basically the dumbest move ever, but I could deal with that. But then Minerva and Diana show up to dispense the stupidest advice ever? No one was trying to kill Charlotte after all and Lord Vernon was (predictably) banging his wife the whole time? Ehhh, less so. It’s a spy romance with no villain and it just needed one. Honestly at one point I thought Piers’ valet was trying to off Charlotte because she was ruining their work, and that would have been way more interesting.

So I still adored it, but negative points.