A review by the_rabble
Outrageous by Minerva Spencer

medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Horse obssessed teen with rage issues doesn't think through kidnapping the last book's villian until it's wayyyy too late.

2 main POVs with some additional POVs at the end, 3rd person past tense, spicy, early 1800s, roadtrip romance, significant age gap (19 - mid 30s)

I think Spencer does the work on the age gap - it's still big, but between the chemistry, banter, and the hand waving of "it's old timey Englandtimes" you can at least pretend Godrick is younger. (Eva is an excellent character but 100% a 19 year old.)

The two protagonists are both unhinged and it makes them work. Sometimes it's mean, but most of the time it's just wild and seems to bond them. Just two hot loose cannons who are trying to mitigate the damage they do.

The roadtrip adventure is good. The family dynamics and history on both sides was interesting. Great sex scenes.

Narrator - Heather Wilds kills the narration again. This one has a lot of internal "thoughts to self" and she nailed it.