An Offer From a Gentleman

If you’re looking for an enjoyable love story, with compelling characters set in the Regency era… then look somewhere else because you won’t find it here.

This book was a pain to finish. The only reason I didn’t DNF it is because it had sat in my library for too long and if it wasn’t gonna give me a good time while reading it then the least it could do was to add to my reading app stats.

I thought people were overreacting in their reviews of Benedict‘s character but they were right: he’s such a jerk almost the entire time. Next to zero redeemable qualities in his own story. I just know his character during his Netflix show season must be better because you can’t really make it worse. Sophie is a nice enough character but nothing remarkable. They fall in love SO quickly when they don’t spend that much time together nor show they have that much in common. It doesn’t feel organic at all. They’re in love because the author says they’re in love. The writing in general is not good and there’s so much misogyny scattered throughout the book.

I wanted to read Colin and Benedict‘s story in preparation for the next couple of seasons of the Netflix show, however I certainly won’t be reading any more from this saga. There are far better romances out there I can spend my time with.