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A review by thunguyen
The Wild Baron by Catherine Coulter
4.0
The blurb's got me hooked by the time it mentioned "cats to be trained for the races, limericks to be sung to the heroes, a murder to be solved..." And true to this spirit, the book offers such comical settings, fun characters, scandalous affairs, and the most quirky (and handsome) hero in historical romance. The sheer absurdity was what brought me joy in reading Historical Romance these days.
Somehow Rohan reminds me of Ryder in Deception by Amanda Quick. Because Rohan is the opposite kind of misdirection. While Ryder was believed by his family as the most sadly boring man in a wild buccaneer family but turned out to be a really cool man of action, Rohan was believed by all family and Society as the most lascivious rake who would ravish 2 women a day. But what kind of rakes could sooth a screaming 3yo little pumpkin, rescued an 8yo boy who ripped his pants, enjoyed a stable lad's singing, carried a sleeping kitten on his shoulder, and planting marigolds.
The writing is very strange to me, so much dialogue to the point that there's hardly any narration of characters' movements, gesture, or facial expression. But the dialogue managed to convey all of that and I love the cleverness of it!
Somehow Rohan reminds me of Ryder in Deception by Amanda Quick. Because Rohan is the opposite kind of misdirection. While Ryder was believed by his family as the most sadly boring man in a wild buccaneer family but turned out to be a really cool man of action, Rohan was believed by all family and Society as the most lascivious rake who would ravish 2 women a day. But what kind of rakes could sooth a screaming 3yo little pumpkin, rescued an 8yo boy who ripped his pants, enjoyed a stable lad's singing, carried a sleeping kitten on his shoulder, and planting marigolds.
The writing is very strange to me, so much dialogue to the point that there's hardly any narration of characters' movements, gesture, or facial expression. But the dialogue managed to convey all of that and I love the cleverness of it!