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A review by elleyotter
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare
5.0
Rating: 4.5 stars
I really loved The Governess Game, the second book in the Girl Meets Duke series. Give me a Regency romance about a woman who is into science any dang day of the week, please and thank you! I loved Alex from the moment I met her in the first book in this series, The Duchess Deal, and I was so pumped to read a book all about her. It sounds like Penny will probably be the lead in the next book, but I'm very excited (and impatient!) for Nicola's story.
There seem to have been a LOT of stories about Dukes and governesses lately, and this one - to some extent - is more of the same: hot, stand-offish Duke doesn't want to connect with his charges for whatever reason. There is some sort of identity mix-up or miscommunication and the unlikely governess enters the scene. I adored Rosamund and Daisy, two lost little girls who are clearly hurting, and appreciated some of the approaches Alex took to get them to warm up to her. I do wish there'd been some more care into what on earth the girls' backstory actually is, and it seemed a little lazy on the author's part not to give them a solid backstory. I expected a whole story arc about it, actually, and it just never materialized.
That being said, this book is still filled with amazingness, and that a story arc I'd have liked to see wasn't included and that the premise itself is a little overplayed in today's market are my only twits. The characters are wonderful, both the leads as well as Alex's friends (more Nicola please! and more of Penny's OTTER!!!!) and Chase's charges as well as his man of business. I really like that Chase has some reasons behind acting some of the ways he does, and those reasons are addressed and NOT magically solved by the love of a woman. LOVE DOESN'T FIX EVERYTHING, and I'm so happy that this romance novel shows that.
This is the second book in the Girl Meets Duke series, but can be read as a stand alone with no big spoilers for the first book (other than that the MCs end up together, which, frankly, if you've read ANY romance novels you already should know...) and without missing any necessary foundation to understand what's happening in this book. NOW BRING ON BOOK 3 PLEASE!
I really loved The Governess Game, the second book in the Girl Meets Duke series. Give me a Regency romance about a woman who is into science any dang day of the week, please and thank you! I loved Alex from the moment I met her in the first book in this series, The Duchess Deal, and I was so pumped to read a book all about her. It sounds like Penny will probably be the lead in the next book, but I'm very excited (and impatient!) for Nicola's story.
There seem to have been a LOT of stories about Dukes and governesses lately, and this one - to some extent - is more of the same: hot, stand-offish Duke doesn't want to connect with his charges for whatever reason. There is some sort of identity mix-up or miscommunication and the unlikely governess enters the scene. I adored Rosamund and Daisy, two lost little girls who are clearly hurting, and appreciated some of the approaches Alex took to get them to warm up to her. I do wish there'd been some more care into what on earth the girls' backstory actually is, and it seemed a little lazy on the author's part not to give them a solid backstory. I expected a whole story arc about it, actually, and it just never materialized.
That being said, this book is still filled with amazingness, and that a story arc I'd have liked to see wasn't included and that the premise itself is a little overplayed in today's market are my only twits. The characters are wonderful, both the leads as well as Alex's friends (more Nicola please! and more of Penny's OTTER!!!!) and Chase's charges as well as his man of business. I really like that Chase has some reasons behind acting some of the ways he does, and those reasons are addressed and NOT magically solved by the love of a woman. LOVE DOESN'T FIX EVERYTHING, and I'm so happy that this romance novel shows that.
This is the second book in the Girl Meets Duke series, but can be read as a stand alone with no big spoilers for the first book (other than that the MCs end up together, which, frankly, if you've read ANY romance novels you already should know...) and without missing any necessary foundation to understand what's happening in this book. NOW BRING ON BOOK 3 PLEASE!