Improper Miss Darling by Gail Whitiker

Improper Miss Darling Reviews

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  Colleen

  I might be completely over rating this book as it is the first Regency period novel I've read, but I really enjoyed it.
  The characters were sensible (with regard to the period) rather than stupid which was a nice change and while the ending seemed a bit... rushed, I won't hold that against this book as lets face it, all Mills and Boon novels (or at least those I've read) have somewhat rushed endings. It comes with the territory.
  I was surprised to feel like I wasn't reading a Mills and Boon book at all. Usually the females irritate me and the men are morons or tossers.
  I'd recommend it!
• 
  anemone

  aaaand im out of my historical romance phase. it's mindboggling to me how this book had the perfect ingredients for a dramatic af romance and just executed it in the most boring manner possible. we had a whole love rectangle(?) with disapproving royal in laws, family drama, childhood betrothal, starcrossed lovers everywhere and it was all so tedious, total snooze-fest.
  
  the most interesting character was the brother and i would've rather had the entire book based on his thing rather than his sisters. i appreciate the author not making the hero's fiancé a bitch but that's about it. the only reason i read this book so fast is because i was having quite possibly the worst day this entire year and no other way of passing each torturous second.
  
  after two books in a row by this author, i can resolutely say she's not for me, especially since her main characters consistently seem to be the most passive characters in the entire story.
• 
  Trenchologist

  Pleasant.
  
  It's a bit spare-parts-regency in plotting. And has shades of P&P. Regency-type events, character tropes, and hurdles are all there.
  
  Standard Harlequin rushed ending. Likable leads where the instant-attraction feels a bit hurried, or more, it arrives wholecloth immediately, which fine. It jarred them and woke them up to action and never altered. That was the theme here; people not questioning their life or expectations put on them until everything is upended by the someone/thing so unexpected it changes everything.
  
  Very very happy epilogue (with which I have no complaint -- everyone super happy and super confident in that and super supportive of one another is why we read romance, right? at least that's part for me).
  
  Didn't leave a strong impression beyond pleasant. But, pleasantly enjoyable.
• 
  Sara Zanetto

  Inghilterra, inizio XIX secolo.
  La diciassettenne Linette Darling non può essere più felice: il suo amato Peter ha detto che la ama e ha chiesto la sua mano.
  Suo padre e sua sorella maggiore Emma sono euforici per la buona notizia. A Londra qualcuno sta macchinando contro i due giovani innamorati.
  Alex, visconte Stewart, è deciso a porre fine alla relazione del fratello a qualunque costo.
  Il figlio di un conte, seppure cadetto, non sposa una ragazza di campagna senza titolo.
  Questa decisione lo porterà a scontrarsi spesso e volentieri con Emma a cui sta a cuore la felicità della sorella.
  
  Fiore selvaggio è una storia breve (nemmeno 200 pagine in digitale) dove il leitmotiv è quello dell’Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori. Insomma, l’amore vince su tutto nonostante le differenze di classe sociale e economica.
  Ho apprezzato sia i personaggi principali che secondari.
  
• 
  Tasneem

  I enjoyed this story, but I think what got to me was the slightly overdone happy ending. All the families love each other so much, they all want to make each other happy. That is so not true and I think the happily ever after for everyone made it a bit less interesting for me. However, Emma and Alex were wonderful characters. I enjoyed seeing them fall for each other - inevitable really.
• 
  Michaela

  Though this book was ok the storyline felt way to neat and the ending rushed.
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  Audrey

  I enjoyed. Regency Romance my secret vice lol.
• 
  Mnms

  A really good story. I love their integrity and the way they fight for what they feel is right. I also enjoyed the characters.