A review by the_rabble
The Broken Duke by Jess Michaels

emotional slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

There's a lot of [cw]
rape and attempted sexual assault
in this fun mistaken identity "learn that you're worthy of unconditional love" regency romance. 

The villians villian real hard all up in the middle of the fun romance and they are classic gothic amoral disaster/anxiety machines at a MINIMUM. 

I enjoyed the romance. It's cute and well done. I liked the identity play and had a good time when the characters were together.

Narration on this is slowed to sloth levels. In the final three hours the pause lengths are about 4 seconds. It's not good. 

Despite enjoying the stories and the style for the most part, this is probably where I say goodbye to the 1797 Club series. I'm an audiobook reader and while I like the voice acting, the pacing, stretching, slow walking, and pause length makes me feel like a 4 year old trying to understand Ben Stein.

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