Have you ever read a book that you just didn’t like but everyone else liked? Here are some romance books that I didn’t really like when I read them the first time but am willing to give a second chance to.
I vaguely remember this book and that I didn’t fall in love with as much as everyone else. This book was super hyped when it was first released and I was excited to pick it up because it had the vibes of a feminist romance with a large female friend group and a somewhat forbidden love with a Duke. What I do remember from this reading experience is that this book felt really long and that it was super slow moving. I don’t remember connecting with the romantic relationship in this book or with any of the other side characters who now have their own companion books. I want to give this one another go because I’ve read a ton more historical romances so I want to see if maybe it was just a mood thing and I picked it up at the wrong time. I also have read “The Rakess” by Scarlett Peckham, review still under works, and that book is the only book that I can safely call a real feminist historical romance. It’s raw and shows how fiery women can get and the trauma they deal with as they fight against society and the world they reside in for basic rights. I’m curious to see if “Bringing Down the Duke” explores women’s fight for equality at the same caliber as “The Rakess” and also am curious to revisit and see the role the male love interest plays in our female mc’s fight for equality.
I feel like I’m the only one who likes “The Bride Test” more than “The Kiss Quotient”. This was one of my first romance books that I read that was heavy on the smut and not really plot driven. I wasn’t very keen on the plot from what I remember from my reading experience with this book. With the new book in this series coming out, I want to revisit all the books in this series so this on the list list of romance books that I need to reread.
Another unpopular opinion but I really disliked this book. If I was to rate these books in order of what I really disliked, the Unhoneymooners wins the prize. This book just didn’t make sense and there’s so much I can’t say without spoiling the book. Being as vague as possible, the female mc in this book finds out something so important that could affect her sister’s marriage and she decides to go “oh that’s a problem, I’ll just deal with that tomorrow after I seduce this guy”. It made me so so so mad because the entire book was about her and her close relationship with her sister and after finding out something so horrifyingly shocking, she just IGNORES it? I’m sorry WHAT. And the fact that she constantly got mad at the guy mc for hiding stuff meanwhile she’s technically hiding stuff from HER SISTER. I don’t know, maybe I was reading too much into it.
What are some romance books that you didn’t like the first time around but want to give a second chance to?
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