squee me’s Reviews > Hardly a Gentleman > Status Update

Struggling, close to DNF. The romance is slooow. MCs have kissed twice but each is in the dark about the other's baggage. Also the second kissing session was basically "they kissed and kissed; a little while later, they stopped." I did not know until this book that it's possible to wrote a closed door kissing scene. Seems like lazy writing! Also, cannot stand the villainizing of the dead wife.

Fun so far, but I experienced secondhand embarrassment and shame for things that happened to the FMC in ch. 2 that were almost too much for me. I don't like it when authors put their characters in situations that feel mean-spirited. The chapter warrants a TW for sexual assault too. But I am powering through, because I want the FMC to get her castle, and if she gets a laird who likes to fish in the nude, even better!