2.67 AVERAGE

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allaboutfrodo's review

2.0

A very lame Regency. It starts out well. His father blackmails him into choosing a bride by pretending to be on his deathbed. Her aunt and uncle don't approve of her interest in horses and spunky desire to keep her father's stable going. But his good friend turns out to be more interesting than the hero by the end, and once the couple marries, a ridiculous misunderstanding on their wedding night carries on for far too long.

una_macchia's review


Skimmed the last bits.

The hero just really sucks. He has no redeeming qualities and he doesn't meaningfully change for the better by the end, so I feel bad for the heroine getting stuck with an abusive dumbass for the rest of her life. In another romance novel this would be the heroine's backstory that explains why she's so hesitant to marry again.