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karenmsecrest's review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book was so highly recommended… but what in the gaslighting cuckold is this mess?!?! A heroine too fearful to stand up to her philandering husband, a handsome rake pretending to court the daughter of the woman he wants to bed, and more than one character trapped in a miserable marriage. Plus, emotional abuse in and a butler who full on punches a woman in the face. Ugh.
This book constantly reminds the reader that a woman is mere property and marriage is a financial contract where the best outcome is an early death of the cruel and/or worthless husband. Everything is loveless. And our hero? He has the hots for the Countess, but is pretending to court her daughter in order to spend time her… and doesn’t TELL HER it’s a ruse! So the one time in her life she has the hots for a guy he’ll be her son-in-law?
So. Much. Nope!
I read romance for the love, the smut, the spine tingling declarations of love… I don’t read for misery.
This has an HEA, but you have to trudge through a lot of dreck to get there.
This book constantly reminds the reader that a woman is mere property and marriage is a financial contract where the best outcome is an early death of the cruel and/or worthless husband. Everything is loveless. And our hero? He has the hots for the Countess, but is pretending to court her daughter in order to spend time her… and doesn’t TELL HER it’s a ruse! So the one time in her life she has the hots for a guy he’ll be her son-in-law?
So. Much. Nope!
I read romance for the love, the smut, the spine tingling declarations of love… I don’t read for misery.
This has an HEA, but you have to trudge through a lot of dreck to get there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Gaslighting
Moderate: Infertility and Domestic abuse
ctsquirrel's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'm not sure I've ever rated a book with such rampant infidelity this highly. However, Tru's husband really was a right bastard and deserved what he got. Happily Ever After indeed.
Tags: Setting: 1822 London and an ill-fated house party in the Lake District; not a huge age gap Jasper is 33 and Tru is 37
Tags: Setting: 1822 London and an ill-fated house party in the Lake District; not a huge age gap Jasper is 33 and Tru is 37
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Drug abuse
Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility
Death (Graphic) - two on page deaths (of people that deserve it); Abuse (Graphic) - Chatham's treatment of Tru is physical/emotional abuse; Infidelity (Graphic) - Lots of it, but everyone gets a happy ending (except
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