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A review by danni_faith
A Matter of Scandal by Suzanne Enoch
3.0
It took me sometime to figure out how I felt about this.
Positives: I laughed at several different points in the book. This book was the most feminist romance novel I've ever read. The banter between Emma and Grey was thoroughly entertaining. The girls!
Negatives: The faux-love triangle. The presence of Alica + Silvia. Lastly, I didn't care about the main couple. I didn't root for their happy ending the way that I wish I did. It took me awhile to understand why, and the conclusion is that I didn't like Emma. I liked Grey. I even liked Emma and Grey interacting together, but Emma as a character irked me. She didn't change much. She was so Stern and Strict and judgey with Grey, even after they slept together. I wish I'd seen her soften more toward him. We definitely saw his development, and I wish we saw hers more.
This book is great, and I'd see why people love it.
UPDATE 4/6/2020: This romance has a weird balance between the two conflicts of the story. The couple is angsty AND also faces external conflicts to their relationship. I try to avoid angst in my romances and this one is pretty angsty for a historical romance. Furthermore, as I mentioned above, the weird double love triangles were weird. They did nothing for the story except add unnecessary confusion and pacing + tension issues.
Positives: I laughed at several different points in the book. This book was the most feminist romance novel I've ever read. The banter between Emma and Grey was thoroughly entertaining. The girls!
Negatives: The faux-love triangle. The presence of Alica + Silvia. Lastly, I didn't care about the main couple. I didn't root for their happy ending the way that I wish I did. It took me awhile to understand why, and the conclusion is that I didn't like Emma. I liked Grey. I even liked Emma and Grey interacting together, but Emma as a character irked me. She didn't change much. She was so Stern and Strict and judgey with Grey, even after they slept together. I wish I'd seen her soften more toward him. We definitely saw his development, and I wish we saw hers more.
This book is great, and I'd see why people love it.
UPDATE 4/6/2020: This romance has a weird balance between the two conflicts of the story. The couple is angsty AND also faces external conflicts to their relationship. I try to avoid angst in my romances and this one is pretty angsty for a historical romance. Furthermore, as I mentioned above, the weird double love triangles were weird. They did nothing for the story except add unnecessary confusion and pacing + tension issues.