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A review by laura03
My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard
3.0
Wait, what was that ending?
Should I have been less surprised than I was? Probably. But, like—that threw me. For all the metaphorical loops. Also, it made me kind of sad, quite honestly. It felt like Eloise was made to be the villain solely because she was there and kind of fit the role. If you squinted. I know it's also pretty obvious and easy to make her the simple spinster and all that, but I was kind of hoping she'd get her own story at some point and, seriously, the loops. I was, so ridiculously thrown. I just felt like there was so real build-up to that reveal.
She was evil! She'd hated Archer this whole time! Resented the ton her entire life!
And, like, yeah, fair. But I wish there'd been little allusions to that throughout the book. Instead of making it seem like Eloise adored her brother. It didn't have to be big! Just enough that when it all fell into place, my brain could have gone: Oh, yeah, that checks. Instead of: Wait, what did I just read?
All in all, though, the romance was mostly good. The kissing was definitely good. I appreciated the different sort of historical romance plot. By the end, I was mostly into what was going on with Gray and Lana. I'd like to read about Gray and Lana now. I will probably go read about Gray and Lana.
Should I have been less surprised than I was? Probably. But, like—that threw me. For all the metaphorical loops. Also, it made me kind of sad, quite honestly. It felt like Eloise was made to be the villain solely because she was there and kind of fit the role. If you squinted. I know it's also pretty obvious and easy to make her the simple spinster and all that, but I was kind of hoping she'd get her own story at some point and, seriously, the loops. I was, so ridiculously thrown. I just felt like there was so real build-up to that reveal.
She was evil! She'd hated Archer this whole time! Resented the ton her entire life!
And, like, yeah, fair. But I wish there'd been little allusions to that throughout the book. Instead of making it seem like Eloise adored her brother. It didn't have to be big! Just enough that when it all fell into place, my brain could have gone: Oh, yeah, that checks. Instead of: Wait, what did I just read?
All in all, though, the romance was mostly good. The kissing was definitely good. I appreciated the different sort of historical romance plot. By the end, I was mostly into what was going on with Gray and Lana. I'd like to read about Gray and Lana now. I will probably go read about Gray and Lana.