A duke by default

4.5 starsOne of the best romances I've read in a while! An absolute delight that actually touches on lots of issues rarely addressed in romance novels, while still delivering on swoons galore. *heart eyes emoji

However, I can't write a review without mentioning that the audiobook quality was ridiculously subpar. The narrator was great and handled multiple accents with ease. But the editing was atrocious. There were quite a few long, awkward gaps of time where there shouldn't have been. Once the quality of the narrator's voice VERY clearly changed mid-paragraph like they had switched microphones or picked up the next day with different audio settings. And worst of all, once, the narrator pronounced a word incorrectly, corrected herself on the pronunciation (not in-dialogue, and clearly not an on-purpose thing), and then went on. Obviously not judging the narrator - this is bound to happen! But not something I should hear in the final product.

Dreamscape needs to step up their game. Alyssa Cole deserves better.