3.5 stars.
Beauty and the Beast meets The Taking of the Shrew?? Uh YES PLEASE. This book had everything you like in regency romances and while it wasn't perfect, it is still worth a read.
Lady Astrid is easy to like. She's headstrong and smart. Everything a lady isn't supposed to be for this particular frame of time. She's protective of her sister and doesn't want her suffering at the hands of a man she knows is without honor. Since years before he lied about her and her virtue after she rejected him.
The Duke of Beswick, or Thane, is a man physically and mentally scarred. As a result, he acts like a beast. Tada 🤣🤣
Everyone needs an Aunt Mabel in their life.
While the story was good and I enjoyed th characters, there was so much repetitiveness. A big chunk of the book was Thane saying how he was no good for someone like Astrid. I get that he was hurt and that was big part of his character. But at one point it got to be too much where my heart wasn't breaking for him and instead I was rolling my eyes.
I also found the ending to be a bit lackluster...but that's on me as I was waiting for someone..anyone to get kidnapped. 😂😂
All in all though, it really was a good read. The chemistry between them was great and the few sex scenes were regency level hot 🤣🤣. And it's always fun to read about a woman who won't "stay in her place" and a man who isn't offended by it but instead attracted to it.
Beauty and the Beast meets The Taking of the Shrew?? Uh YES PLEASE. This book had everything you like in regency romances and while it wasn't perfect, it is still worth a read.
Lady Astrid is easy to like. She's headstrong and smart. Everything a lady isn't supposed to be for this particular frame of time. She's protective of her sister and doesn't want her suffering at the hands of a man she knows is without honor. Since years before he lied about her and her virtue after she rejected him.
The Duke of Beswick, or Thane, is a man physically and mentally scarred. As a result, he acts like a beast. Tada 🤣🤣
Everyone needs an Aunt Mabel in their life.
While the story was good and I enjoyed th characters, there was so much repetitiveness. A big chunk of the book was Thane saying how he was no good for someone like Astrid. I get that he was hurt and that was big part of his character. But at one point it got to be too much where my heart wasn't breaking for him and instead I was rolling my eyes.
I also found the ending to be a bit lackluster...but that's on me as I was waiting for someone..anyone to get kidnapped. 😂😂
All in all though, it really was a good read. The chemistry between them was great and the few sex scenes were regency level hot 🤣🤣. And it's always fun to read about a woman who won't "stay in her place" and a man who isn't offended by it but instead attracted to it.