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A review by geekxgirl
My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid
1.0
1.5 Stars
*disappointing sigh*
This was not my first Stacy Reid book but it was probably my most disappointing one, sadly.
Man, this trope/plot was so fascinating. I even suspended my belief for most of the book so I could try and enjoy it without rolling my eyes at the likeliness of such things happening. But even after all of that the book was so unsatisfying!
Once I hit 75% I began skimming to the end. I was bored. I hadn't been interested in the heroine since about the 50% mark if not sooner. I wasn't the least bit interested in seeing their happily ever after either.
The heroine was twenty-three but came across as seventeen most of the book with her endless inner thoughts about the hero. I found her annoying. I didn't like her. Which sucked because I did admire her for doing what she did for her family. Was it ridiculous and likely never could have worked in real life? Yes. But in the end she was just plain silly. And frustratingly contrary!!! The author obviously couldn't pick a personality type for the heroine to be so she swung through a variety of three. 1) The sensible young lady determined to protect her family and her virtue. 2) The hellion, hoyden, and brave one who introduced this ridiculous plot to protect her family who had a quick wit and didn't follow societies rules. And 3) the seductress who appeared to have no idea how babies were made. Who liked to make out and admire the hero's handsomeness and who outright seduced him at the end.
Honestly I couldn't figure her out. It wasn't even a case of showing different sides of her character. She genuinely acted like three different characters depending on the scene. I was so confused.
The hero was rather boring. I did like him though. He was everything I expected and honestly that's about as much as I have to say about him.
The plot became irrelevant once they had met in person. The hero somehow blackmails her into coming back to his estate in Scotland without a chaperone. It was all ridiculously silly. And annoyingly whimsical.
And I'm sure if I counted how many time the word impudent, or its relatives were used or thought it'd be near 70 times or more. Apparently the author had no ability to exercise her thesaurus.
And worst of all was how utterly DUMB the end was! The hero was essentially bound to his chair by the end due to injuring himself again. But who cares when the heroine got the notion in her fool head to charge back to Scotland and SEDUCE the impotent cripple, right???? Who needs logic and common sense!
For whatever reason it seemed the heroine fixated on that single aspect about him. I guess she desperately wanted to ride his dick but who's to say. All I know is it was incredibly dumb and unimaginative.
Not to mention for a man confined to his bath chair, as the book blurb states, he was walking around with and without his cane nearly the entire book. So much for committing to your plot huh? Especially when his "impotence" wasn't fully addressed (other than a throwaway sentence here or there) until basically the end which was, again, disappointing.
Ugh. I actually disliked this book so much. I felt duped too because the plot and characters weren't anything like the blurb hinted at along with how different they became after the 30% mark.
I'm not sure I care for the "Sinful Wallflower" group her friends created for themselves. I don't hate the idea of this series and I'll admit two other girls stories do intrigue me but I feel gun shy now. I despised the cheesy, whimsical silliness that this book became.
I'll give the next book a shot and cross all my fingers and toes it's not an outstanding disappointment.
*disappointing sigh*
This was not my first Stacy Reid book but it was probably my most disappointing one, sadly.
Man, this trope/plot was so fascinating. I even suspended my belief for most of the book so I could try and enjoy it without rolling my eyes at the likeliness of such things happening. But even after all of that the book was so unsatisfying!
Once I hit 75% I began skimming to the end. I was bored. I hadn't been interested in the heroine since about the 50% mark if not sooner. I wasn't the least bit interested in seeing their happily ever after either.
The heroine was twenty-three but came across as seventeen most of the book with her endless inner thoughts about the hero. I found her annoying. I didn't like her. Which sucked because I did admire her for doing what she did for her family. Was it ridiculous and likely never could have worked in real life? Yes. But in the end she was just plain silly. And frustratingly contrary!!! The author obviously couldn't pick a personality type for the heroine to be so she swung through a variety of three. 1) The sensible young lady determined to protect her family and her virtue. 2) The hellion, hoyden, and brave one who introduced this ridiculous plot to protect her family who had a quick wit and didn't follow societies rules. And 3) the seductress who appeared to have no idea how babies were made. Who liked to make out and admire the hero's handsomeness and who outright seduced him at the end.
Honestly I couldn't figure her out. It wasn't even a case of showing different sides of her character. She genuinely acted like three different characters depending on the scene. I was so confused.
The hero was rather boring. I did like him though. He was everything I expected and honestly that's about as much as I have to say about him.
The plot became irrelevant once they had met in person. The hero somehow blackmails her into coming back to his estate in Scotland without a chaperone. It was all ridiculously silly. And annoyingly whimsical.
And I'm sure if I counted how many time the word impudent, or its relatives were used or thought it'd be near 70 times or more. Apparently the author had no ability to exercise her thesaurus.
And worst of all was how utterly DUMB the end was! The hero was essentially bound to his chair by the end due to injuring himself again. But who cares when the heroine got the notion in her fool head to charge back to Scotland and SEDUCE the impotent cripple, right???? Who needs logic and common sense!
For whatever reason it seemed the heroine fixated on that single aspect about him. I guess she desperately wanted to ride his dick but who's to say. All I know is it was incredibly dumb and unimaginative.
Not to mention for a man confined to his bath chair, as the book blurb states, he was walking around with and without his cane nearly the entire book. So much for committing to your plot huh? Especially when his "impotence" wasn't fully addressed (other than a throwaway sentence here or there) until basically the end which was, again, disappointing.
Ugh. I actually disliked this book so much. I felt duped too because the plot and characters weren't anything like the blurb hinted at along with how different they became after the 30% mark.
I'm not sure I care for the "Sinful Wallflower" group her friends created for themselves. I don't hate the idea of this series and I'll admit two other girls stories do intrigue me but I feel gun shy now. I despised the cheesy, whimsical silliness that this book became.
I'll give the next book a shot and cross all my fingers and toes it's not an outstanding disappointment.