The Duke and I
Ratings351
Average rating3.3
I kept receiving recommendations for this book and I am happy I finally tried it.
The book quickly sets up a witty dialog and interesting characters. The Lady Whistledown gossip clippings is such a great addition to the book. The clippings are funny and offer insightful witticisms about many characters. The large number of characters in this book can be a lot but the author does well at creating separate personalities and setting up a larger world beyond the Bridgertons.
The romance in the book was a slow friendship to romance that felt natural. The two main characters were interesting and had a good amount of chemistry. The only thing that stops this book from being great is a scene where the female lead takes advantage of the drunk male lead. This was a big subtractor to the book and it is not taken as seriously as it should as the book only views it as a breach of trust. The male lead also withholds information on reproduction from the female lead. They do work through these issues, but I wish they were not included at all.
I did like the book overall and the ending was good. It stands out among the other historical romance I have read.
I kept receiving recommendations for this book and I am happy I finally tried it.
The book quickly sets up a witty dialog and interesting characters. The Lady Whistledown gossip clippings is such a great addition to the book. The clippings are funny and offer insightful witticisms about many characters. The large number of characters in this book can be a lot but the author does well at creating separate personalities and setting up a larger world beyond the Bridgertons.
The romance in the book was a slow friendship to romance that felt natural. The two main characters were interesting and had a good amount of chemistry. The only thing that stops this book from being great is a scene where the female lead takes advantage of the drunk male lead. This was a big subtractor to the book and it is not taken as seriously as it should as the book only views it as a breach of trust. The male lead also withholds information on reproduction from the female lead. They do work through these issues, but I wish they were not included at all.
I did like the book overall and the ending was good. It stands out among the other historical romance I have read.
I totally forgot why I marked this with my catch-all disability shelf and had to look up if I'd made a shelving error. I didn't, as revealed in the prologue. I'll mark my reminder to myself with a spoiler in case anyone reading this hasn't seen the show and wants to go into this book cold. Simon's speech development was delayed and he had a stutter he worked to overcome.
Maybe I need a new guilty-pleasure shelf because I think I liked this more than I should have. Or maybe so-bad-it's-good. It's steamy, or the new phrase spicy, and so is the show.
I totally forgot why I marked this with my catch-all disability shelf and had to look up if I'd made a shelving error. I didn't, as revealed in the prologue. I'll mark my reminder to myself with a spoiler in case anyone reading this hasn't seen the show and wants to go into this book cold. Simon's speech development was delayed and he had a stutter he worked to overcome.
Maybe I need a new guilty-pleasure shelf because I think I liked this more than I should have. Or maybe so-bad-it's-good. It's steamy, or the new phrase spicy, and so is the show.
