When the Duke Returns
Eloisa James
2/5
After being married by proxy as a twelve year old, Isidore waits eleven years for her husband to return from his travels. When he gets back, it's not really instant love. They both have a lot of problems with one another and are considering an annulment. Then bam, they act on their inclinations and suddenly things seem like they could be alright.
This book is super questionable. I'm here for strong female protagonists, ones who go against the grain. Isidore isn't really conventional nor strong, she's kind of in a weird column. I appreciate her business savvy but that's very counterbalanced by her husband trying to steal her value in every thing. She's obviously capable, but even at the end it seems like he's only made the smallest concessions towards that respect. I also wasn't here for the weird manipulation of other cultures, it felt insensitive especially by the end when his friend said that his divergence from that path was the regaining of his manhood.
Only reason I couldn't give it one star was because I read it all the way through and so it wasn't that boring. I think there are a lot better regency romances out there and this one doesn't measure up.
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