Um Marquês Irresistível

Not for me right now, maybe later

DNF'd at page 160.

I'm sorry!!! Don't hate me Sarah MacLean stans!!! Her heroes are just really not for me and I just do not find this fun.

Moving on

This book made me so sad. Most of it was Penelope alone-and whatever apology given was not enough. I am writing this review long after I read the book but I still think about how sad it made me

Bridgerton Brain has me devouring Regency romance. I loved this one, and it was much spicier than I anticipated!

WOO that was fun! Not my favorite book of MacLean's, but Penelope was a firecracker at the end. Michael was an idiot for most of the book but once he got some sense knocked into him, he ended up a perfect compliment to Penny. Very steamy sex scenes too, which is always a plus.

This one started off good and I loved the banter as well as the set up of the book.
The thing is I got so irritated with Bourne. He doesn't listen to her! So, they end up talking in circles. Also, his whole need for revenge... I get it, but thought he should have blamed himself more instead of continuing to blame everything on that one instance in his life.

And yet, I can't stop myself. The epilogue has me hooked for the next one.

It was fine. The main character was more of a jerk than I would have liked. Not even like, jerk-with-a-heart-of-gold, but just a regular jerk?

I really liked this one! I have said it before, I LOVE when the couple starts out as childhood friends, and something happens to drive a wedge between them, and as adults they feel like they are no longer friends. Even enemies. Well, in this one, the hero, Michael, loses his lands in a card game when he is young, and becomes impoverished. He then disappears from society. Penelope, continues to think of her friend, she writes him letters that she eventually stops sending.

So now she has been on the marriage mart for 8 years, I believe it was, and her father acquired the lands that Michael, or Bourne as he is called at this point, had lost and has put it in Penelope's dowry. Bourne hears of this and what does he do? Of course! He kidnaps her, and spends the night with her, he doesnt plan to do anything with her, because he only wants the land. This was my favorite scene in the whole book, Penelope complaining about her kidnapping not being exciting enough, Bourne grabs her wrist and looks her in the eye and says “play your card Penelope.” It was cheesy but I loved it.

Anyways, I liked this book, the rest of the book is the two of them figuring out their marriage, and figuring out how to get Penelope's sisters married. The next book sounded cute too.

More like 3.5 but rounded up - really didn't like it in the early going but it finished very strong. Deducting that half a star for how long it took to get past the rough start. Loved the last third, though!