Mimi
This is the book that got me out of my book rut. The best historical romance I’ve read in a while and the best dark historical romance I read yet. The first 50% was deliciously dark I could not put it down.
Forced marriage, blackmailing, breeding kink with spice sprinkled in between in a historical setting.
Unfortunately after the 50% mark, the male lead becomes soft and I wouldn’t even call it a dark romance after this point. The plot post 50% was just OK. I assumed the male lead would murder anyone who hurt the female lead or at least blackmail, but he disappointingly isn’t a bad guy that stays bad in this book. The aunt and the female lead’s father are all just left alone. The book ends with the main couple fleeing to another country to avoid judgement, which felt anticlimactic.
I still don’t understand why the male lead had a duel with a side character when he was innocent; felt like an unnecessary plot arc.
I did like the book ended with a pregnancy after everything the female lead went through
I would read another book by this author
This is the book that got me out of my book rut. The best historical romance I’ve read in a while and the best dark historical romance I read yet. The first 50% was deliciously dark I could not put it down.
Forced marriage, blackmailing, breeding kink with spice sprinkled in between in a historical setting.
Unfortunately after the 50% mark, the male lead becomes soft and I wouldn’t even call it a dark romance after this point. The plot post 50% was just OK. I assumed the male lead would murder anyone who hurt the female lead or at least blackmail, but he disappointingly isn’t a bad guy that stays bad in this book. The aunt and the female lead’s father are all just left alone. The book ends with the main couple fleeing to another country to avoid judgement, which felt anticlimactic.
I still don’t understand why the male lead had a duel with a side character when he was innocent; felt like an unnecessary plot arc.
I did like the book ended with a pregnancy after everything the female lead went through
I would read another book by this author