(ARC courtesy by NETGALLEY and 8th Circle Press in exchange for honest review!)
A certain beloved interfering lord is back with his shenanigans!
[image(ARC courtesy by NETGALLEY and 8th Circle Press in exchange for honest review!)
A certain beloved interfering lord is back with his shenanigans!
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Lord Arthur Godwick, brother of Lia and son of Mona finally gets his own book in this steamy and romantic installment of The Godwicks series by Tiffany Reisz!
... After finding himself, yet again, cleaning up his little brother Charlie's latest mess, Lord Arthur Godwick is willing to sacrifice anything in order to save their family's most prized and very much stolen, painting that his brother sold to a hotel owner without the family's knowledge. Lady Regan Ferry, the mysterious owner of the hotel "The Pearl" refuses to accept money as payment. A lord who's willing to do anything to take back a stolen painting - an agreement was made. Ten nights of debauchery for a debt to pay.
This book is one of my most-anticipated books of 2020! And just like The Red and The Rose, this book proved just how I very much adore this art-connoisseur and ahem, indecent family.
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While, the previous books were magical and steamy with it's transcendental sex scenes that will blow your mind, it made me appreciate Reisz's crafty and tastefully talent in writing erotica that made me love this series so much. However, this book was lacking something that the predecessors has. The chemistry between Arthur and Regan, our hero and heroine. Yikes!
It was a struggle for me to connect with Regan in the beginning. She came off cold and mean (and not in a cute enemies to lovers way!) Chemistry and the likeableness of the character are a huge factor for me, so to see Regan here not tick any of my boxes were a, sigh, a disappointment. However, she did redeemed herself later on when the author reveals the how and the why she is the way she was. I understood. That she's a complex character protecting herself and anyone - from the inevitable heartbreak she will cause, that she has gone through a lot, a woman in her own gilded cage that needed to be set free - and she did so, by herself!
Now, Lord Arthur... there are no words to explain how much I love and adore him! You can say he's the only proper Godwick that didn't indulge in the Godwick ways how, untrue that was, lol/ The Lord Malcolm genes definitely didn't skipped him! I have no complaints with his characterization! He's freaking perfect!!!
THE APPEAL OF ARTHUR/REGAN here is the domme/sub and may/december relationship factor. Arthur is 21 year-old aristocrat and Regan is a 30 year-old widow. Their chemistry maybe wasn't instant but it'll develop as the book continues. This book is very heavy on romance.
To wrap this up, this book isn't as good as the previous two in terms of the erotica department. Can say it's an equivalent of vanilla compared to its predecessors. It mainly focuses on romance and I can say that this is mainly a Regan-centric book, in my opinion.
****** OVERALL BOOK RATING: 3.75 stars Trigger and Content warnings: Parental death, cancer trope, self-volunteered sterilization, cheating though not with the main couple and also with the exception of: Regan's nightmare, second-cousin incest STEAM: HIGH ANGST: LOW ROMANCE: HIGH