Earl Crush

4.25/5

I loved this book although so many crucial moments were written from Arthur's point of view. I would have loved to hear from Lydia instead.

Every time they were intimate, it was from Arthur's point of view, every single big and small thing was from his point of view. And when Davis proposed, it cut off and went straight to Arthur again, how he felt about this etc.

This is one scene I would have loved to see Lydia's feelings - we never see what happened next. Did she tell him she's married to his brother instead? Did she tell him she's in love with Arthur? Did Jasper? How did she feel about it? A few weeks earlier she would have said yes, but what was her thought process now??? And later? Everyone acted like that never happened even though it must have been extremely awkward for all of them. Just... The book missed this because I feel like it hasn't been resolved.

Other than that, I loved the book so much, it was amazing. I loved Lydia and Arthur and the epilogue was so cute too. I love the fake dating trope and it was done excellently!

Having received an arc of this book through netgalley, I found myself immediately intrigued by the synopsis having not read any of the authors previous books.

The story quickly took off with likable protagonist whose romance quickly had my attention and I found myself reading til the end craving the happy ending for them. Lydia, the female protagonist was able to stand on her own two feet with an adventurous spirit with an partner whom matched her with wit and spirit.

The history seemed well researched but also written enough for it not to take away from the novel, I would definitely recommend this book to other historical romance readers and look forward to reading other works by this author