Status Updates From At the Duke's Wedding

I’m going to have to switch to the text because this narrator is ridiculous.

That Rogue Jack by Maya Rodale - 1/5 stars

Didn't enjoy this one. It felt more like Henrietta and Jack were in lust with each other, but I didn't find the prospect of them falling in love convincing. Dialogue was stilted and uninteresting. They didn't seem to be very worried about losing the ring and I got tired of them dragging their feet and getting distracted by their attraction to each other.

Story # 3… 4 stars. I really enjoyed this one, Caroline Linden has been one of my favorite HR authors for a long time, and this novella really shows her talent. She packed a lot into this story and all the very uncomfortable loose ends were even wrapped up nicely. I’m usually very quick to avoid to this trope, but it was written in the best possible way. Safety was surprisingly good given the trope.

SWE, h kisses H’s cousin, thinks she’s in love with him. H has a mistress at the beginning before meeting the h, all off page, he ends it when feelings develop for the h.

Story 2: 4 stars. I liked this story more than the first. I especially like how this anthology flows together to interweave the stories and characters. I felt like overall this one had a decent amount of depth for a novella… but the ending was a little bit lacking. Still a very enjoyable story.

Story 1 : 3 stars. This is a light and easy to read romance with minimal angst. The hero and heroine fall in love fairly quickly - considering they had known each other for most of their lives and didn’t have any romantic feelings before this meeting. Safe; not many details given about hero’s past. This is a manwhore hero & virgin heroine matchup. 😭