Overall, Bringing Down the Duke surprised me with its heart, and I look forward to the next in the series. Anyway, this was still a good debut romance novel and I'm looking forward to reading about Lucy in the next one. Sure the book has lots of clichés, tropes, and silliness but rather than being annoyed, I kinda felt like I was meeting an old beloved friend. Despite not liking the heroine and absolutely hating the hero, I liked that the romance was a slow burn, mostly because they had really good chemistry together. There is implacable opposition to this from all corners, not just from men alone but other women too, and including the Tory party and Queen Victoria.

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Bringing Down the Duke is a Victorian romance novel set against the backdrop of women fighting for their rights, which is great.The hero is also the type who thinks that “If I can’t have her, then no one else can,” displaying ugly bouts of jealousy. I was heartily entertained by how the two love interests meet and was looking forward to see how they would interact. She even admits that she studies classics because her father only taught her the classics and she “had no choice in the matter. She refused to be the duke's mistress because she had a sense of self worth and knew that even though Sebastian would treat her well, society wouldn't.

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and who probably makes him yearn for "more" for the first time in his privileged but somehow confining and inhibited existence. Across the plaza, she sees a man that meets all the requirements for men they are supposed to approach to help win over. the writing was incredible, the characters had so much depth, and talk about feeling the story: this was impossible love at its best! There are many good qualities with this book, but at the same time, I wasn't as invested or giddy as I usually am for other romance books I've read. He clearly gets off on this, and spends time when he's not with her fantasising about forcing her into marriage and clapping himself on the back for having the self-control not to rape her.How many people thought that the female brain was feeble, and that intelligent women were unattractive! I liked the different dynamics happening and I enjoyed Sebastian's relationship with his brother and liked how much it evolved. Other possible arrangements for their love are stymied by an Annabelle unwilling to ruin her life, her reputation, or lose her self respect. You might find yourself looking at this plot summary and thinking, sure sure, read that HR a thousand times.

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Gilbert would snatch the chance of a lifetime from her here in his cramped little study and go straight back to admiring his freshly pinned butterflies in the display case on the desk between them. A wise and witty new novel that echoes with timely questions about love, career, reconciling with the past, and finding your path while knowing your true worth. It could be a legitimately terrible book (*cough* The Shadows Between Us*cough*), and I would still give it a high rating just because it succeeded in holding my attention, because my attention is often so hard to hold. I don’t think there is anything more beautiful than seeing two people grow into their true selves as they fall in love. I think the most crucial point for me was that even though I love modern and trail-blazing heroines, I didn’t feel that Annabelle was extraordinary for her time, not like the series promised.

However, I was a little turned off by how often the love interest would get angry and arrogant towards the protagonist if he didn’t get his way - this was his reaction to everything, even in the last 1/3, and it felt selfish. Set in turn-of-the-century England, this is the story of Annabelle Archer, a plucky woman with the opportunity to become one of the first female graduates at the prestigious University of Oxford.

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This novel plays during the time of suffragettes, when women were allowed to attend college and during the time of winning voting rights for females. Things do not go to plan as Annabelle becomes ill and a surprisingly strong attraction between the two of them grows .Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. I just love Evie Dunsmore's writing style: I'm definitely going to read the next book in this series! Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke. While staying at Sebastian’s home as Annabelle recovers from a fever, the two begin to realize that while they are on opposite sides of the political issue, they appreciate each other’s strength of character.