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A review by amshofner
How to School Your Scoundrel by Juliana Gray
3.0
The hero -- and I use that term loosely -- in this book spends approximately 50% of it married to another woman. While there's nothing sexual between the hero and heroine during that time, the hero isn't faithful. (And he has at least four bastards.) I struggled with liking him. The way he treated his wife sexually was appalling. Oh, he gave her pleasure alright, but pleasure doesn't make it okay. It made me feel rather icky.
Do I think he was the right kind of man to help Luisa regain her throne and rule? Sure. But as a romance novel hero, he left a lot to be desired for me, and that soured my experience with How to School Your Scoundrel.
I spent a good portion of the book wondering how the hero and his wife would part ways so as to allow him to marry Luisa (because, you know, that's how things work), and I can't say I was all that pleased with the outcome, even though it was certainly the nicest option.
Do I think he was the right kind of man to help Luisa regain her throne and rule? Sure. But as a romance novel hero, he left a lot to be desired for me, and that soured my experience with How to School Your Scoundrel.
I spent a good portion of the book wondering how the hero and his wife would part ways so as to allow him to marry Luisa (because, you know, that's how things work), and I can't say I was all that pleased with the outcome, even though it was certainly the nicest option.