The Viscount Who Loved Me

Now, that was painful.

I HATE humiliation romance. I can't forgive Anthony for the study scene. You don't kiss a 21-years old girl and then mock her for responding. She has never been kissed, and certainly not like that. A gentleman would not behave like Anthony did. Kate was 100% right when she said he has no honor. Then, to turn on a penny and claim he is the kindest, most honorable, best man ever because he rescued Penelope... Yuk, yuk, yuk!

And how people can't understand how good-looking people can feel ugly... It takes years to get through that muck. It's not something you can manage in a couple of weeks.

Maybe I'm just projecting, maybe the themes and tropes got too close to home, but I don't like this book.

Also, I don't like Winston. Fat pets are legal animal abuse, and Winston was basically just a plot problem. I find it interesting that no one mentioned him after the carriage accident. He just vanished.

Julia Quinn writes well, the book is easy to read, and there are plenty of delightful scenes in here. Like the pall-mall game :-D