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bookloverchelle's review
4.0
I’m not sure what it was but something with book 2 in the Dangerous Rogues series by Tiffany Clare just clicked for me, more than book 1 did. Lady Charlotte is promised to wed to a man that openly dislikes her. Her father cares nothing for a caring relationship for her, he’s more worried about furthering his political career. Seeing ruin as her only chance to be saved from this wedding Lady Charlotte seeks out Tristan, a powerful Lord on the opposite side of the political agenda than her father. Tristan is all too eager to spend some time with Charlotte because he has an agenda of his own. As these two plot her downfall they become unlikely friends, friends that suddenly are attracted to each other. As Tristan and Charlotte traverse the pitfalls of society they find that having someone, a friend and possible lover, to lean on makes the journey so much easier. I really enjoyed how the two stories, book 1 and 2 in the series, played together in this novel. The flashes of the plot and characters from book 1 were well woven in to this story and I really enjoyed how they played out. I’m very excited to see how that works with book number 3. Good read!
amshofner's review against another edition
2.0
This is one of those books where what the character tells us and how we perceive the characters are at odds. Charlotte is desperate not to marry a man who doesn't like her and whom she doesn't like. And while we're told her fiance is "loathsome," their interactions always left me feeling like Charlotte was being a spoiled brat and childish and the fiance was merely annoyed with her.
And not that she deserved to be disliked, but she didn't really endear me to her or, more importantly, her plight. For me, there wasn't enough setup with the fiance to think he was terrible enough to get ruined. Not that I wanted the marriage to go through, but never did I feel like screaming, "GET AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!" either. Which I wanted to be able to do. Because usually the follow-up response is "RUN INTO THE HERO'S ARMS!"
I found myself more interested in the side characters' lives and stories (even though we didn't get much about them) than the main characters, because the main characters were hard to understand. Things just seemed to... happen. And I didn't always track why. The characters would tell me things or have revelations, but I didn't necessarily see it in their actions.
There's also the "he moved in time with his thrusts" line that I'm still puzzling out. Mostly because if a man is thrusting himself into a woman (because yes, this was a sex scene), how could he NOT move in time with his thrusts? Isn't that the very nature of thrusting? "He held himself still while thrusting" or "He moved opposite of his thrusts" don't make sense. HE THRUSTS! That's about all you need to convey the action.
And not that she deserved to be disliked, but she didn't really endear me to her or, more importantly, her plight. For me, there wasn't enough setup with the fiance to think he was terrible enough to get ruined. Not that I wanted the marriage to go through, but never did I feel like screaming, "GET AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!" either. Which I wanted to be able to do. Because usually the follow-up response is "RUN INTO THE HERO'S ARMS!"
I found myself more interested in the side characters' lives and stories (even though we didn't get much about them) than the main characters, because the main characters were hard to understand. Things just seemed to... happen. And I didn't always track why. The characters would tell me things or have revelations, but I didn't necessarily see it in their actions.
There's also the "he moved in time with his thrusts" line that I'm still puzzling out. Mostly because if a man is thrusting himself into a woman (because yes, this was a sex scene), how could he NOT move in time with his thrusts? Isn't that the very nature of thrusting? "He held himself still while thrusting" or "He moved opposite of his thrusts" don't make sense. HE THRUSTS! That's about all you need to convey the action.
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