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What Even Is This Story?

Revisado: 02-11-25

The sexual tension is beyond ridiculous and borders on a mix of comedy and offense.

And I’m not a sticker for accuracy, but a trampy heroine is so far outside of “period correct” that this story is unlistenable. In short, it’s dumb.

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Unbearable

Revisado: 10-18-24

Most disappointing Laurens book I’ve read yet. The stupid, insipid, “man afraid to love so he acts like a complete a-hole” trope was too much to bear and the every-5-minutes “sex means he loves me” love scenes were rendered pathetic as a result.

There’s nothing likeable about Charlie or this story, don’t waste your time on this one.

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Meh

Revisado: 10-15-24

Amanda/Jayne is good writer so the construction of the story is not the issue. Moreover, I truly love that the book is set in Medieval times as opposed to the (yawn) Regency era, but the female protagonist is so incredibly whiny, simple-minded, and annoying; she’s the early-modern equivalent of a self-important influencer. I really didn’t give a rat’s rear about her.

Look, I know romance is escape and stories need to be palatable to the modern reader, but the historical anachronisms were just too much—she was constantly trying to prove that she’s a “modern woman,” unfortunately this manifested as petty whining & unreasonability.

Takeaway: You can be a dingbat and get some schmuck to fall in love with you if you are wealthy enough.

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Just, Groan…And Gentle Spoiler Warning

Revisado: 09-30-24

Soooo many groans.

First groan is the gross Southern Belle “American” accent for an 1820s Philadelphian. It’s almost unbearable.

Second groan is what a moron and a wanker the supposedly romantic lead is. There’s nothing appealing about him.

I’m only in the middle of the book as I write this review, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to stick around for what happens next; there’s some simplistic foreshadowing of fertility issues and I just don’t know if I care enough to stick around to see how that plays out.

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Silly Premise

Revisado: 04-16-24

13 hours of a grown-ass man afraid to say “I love you” to his wife is the most epic stretch of a premise into a full book ever undertaken in the history of the earth. Plots that could unravel with 1 conversation are not great plots.

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I Just Can’t

Revisado: 04-14-24

Had to quit halfway through because the plot just got too stupid and not even slightly believable in the deepest fantasy world. Pointless angst and a male protagonist using the old “uncaring mommy & daddy” excuse for abusive behavior, but it’s all ok because the sex is good.

Yawn and yuck.

If I happen to go back and finish the book and it’s great, I’ll update this review, but I have no plans to do so at this time.

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I’m Trying

Revisado: 12-06-23

I’m halfway through chapter 4 and I’m taking a break because I simply don’t care about any of these characters—they aren’t particularly likable or entertaining. In fact, there are certain things about both main characters that I actively dislike.

I enjoyed the first Pennyroyal novel and I was excited to begin this one, but it just falls flat. I may revisit, and then again I may simply call it quits without a backward glance.

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Worth

Revisado: 11-19-23

Good stories and they were all short enough to not drag into the usual stupid regency novel miscommunication-based plot twists that make stories stupid and unbearable.

Buy this one—tons of entertainment bang for your buck.

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Big Meh

Revisado: 10-31-23

Silly, one-dimensional characters who are either so good or so evil they’re straight out of a cartoon leave you not giving a rat’s rump what happens to them.

I must have listened to something read by this narrator before, likely by the same author since the word “grimace” appears far more than it should, and every time the narrator mispronounces it as “grim-ACE.” I actually busted out laughing at one point it sounded so stupid.

The story is fine if you have housework or a 20-mile walk to cover…it’s not AWFUL, it’s just “meh.”

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Mastery

Revisado: 10-16-23

Writing: top notch, of course.
Delivery: similarly masterful.

All in all, a perfect piece of fiction and a wonderful listen.

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