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A review by rjordan19
How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from hero and heroine and a small amount in the beginning of the book from Chase
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? slower to medium
When mains are first on page together: not too long – the end of chapter 2
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: No
Format: listened to the audiobook from my library (Hoopla)
“You’ll forget you’ve ever been kissed before once I’ve kissed you.”
Should I read in order?
Ideally yes because you will get the whole family dynamic. But that said, I think this one is pretty readable alone I think!
Basic plot:
A house party makes Julian doubt his initial betrothal prospect...
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency
- class difference
- Marquess hero / companion heroine
- house party
- moonlit dances
- slow burn
- hero gives gifts
- 2 steam (with some great partials)
Ages:
- Heroine is 22, didn’t catch hero
First line:
It wasn’t unusual to see a man stagger into or out of the Pig and Thistle, Pennyroyal Green’s pub.
My thoughts:
I really loved this novel! I was a bit worried nothing would live up to joy I had reading book 5, What I Did for a Duke. But I really loved this one as well (though maybe a hair less…)
This one had such great build up for me. Long just has such a talent of weaving subtle tension and longing within scenes. You can spend a whole chapter in a brief touch in a garden and just be -dying- over it. I am really falling in love with her writing.
Her humor is lovely too. I just adore those scenes spread throughout the book – the banter is lovely, yes, but scenes like the marquess diving into the flower bed and being beaned in the head with his hat the heroine chucks – it’s just perfection. Perfection!
I usually am not a fan of someone kind of ‘involved’ with someone else throughout most of the book but it worked for me here. The longing was so strong. The awareness of the heroine and other woman was acknowledged. The angst of an impossible relationship was felt. And it just worked so well for me.
This one is a slower burn but the tension is so delicious. The partials are so hot. It’s a 2 steam, and most of it towards the end, but I found the payoff so worth it.
This makes me more eager to read all of Longs books!
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- gunshot wound
- Romany are called ‘gypsies’ and mention of ‘gypsies stealing horses’ though it’s a brief line
- scenes of smoking
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex: No
Hows the consent? It’s good
Chapter 12 – kisses
Chapter 17 – kisses
Chapter 25 – 🔥 oral/fingering for her
Chapter 28 – 🔥 blow job (incomplete), missionary
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from hero and heroine and a small amount in the beginning of the book from Chase
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? slower to medium
When mains are first on page together: not too long – the end of chapter 2
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: No
Format: listened to the audiobook from my library (Hoopla)
“You’ll forget you’ve ever been kissed before once I’ve kissed you.”
Should I read in order?
Ideally yes because you will get the whole family dynamic. But that said, I think this one is pretty readable alone I think!
Basic plot:
A house party makes Julian doubt his initial betrothal prospect...
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency
- class difference
- Marquess hero / companion heroine
- house party
- moonlit dances
- slow burn
- hero gives gifts
- 2 steam (with some great partials)
Ages:
- Heroine is 22, didn’t catch hero
First line:
It wasn’t unusual to see a man stagger into or out of the Pig and Thistle, Pennyroyal Green’s pub.
My thoughts:
I really loved this novel! I was a bit worried nothing would live up to joy I had reading book 5, What I Did for a Duke. But I really loved this one as well (though maybe a hair less…)
This one had such great build up for me. Long just has such a talent of weaving subtle tension and longing within scenes. You can spend a whole chapter in a brief touch in a garden and just be -dying- over it. I am really falling in love with her writing.
Her humor is lovely too. I just adore those scenes spread throughout the book – the banter is lovely, yes, but scenes like the marquess diving into the flower bed and being beaned in the head with his hat the heroine chucks – it’s just perfection. Perfection!
I usually am not a fan of someone kind of ‘involved’ with someone else throughout most of the book but it worked for me here. The longing was so strong. The awareness of the heroine and other woman was acknowledged. The angst of an impossible relationship was felt. And it just worked so well for me.
This one is a slower burn but the tension is so delicious. The partials are so hot. It’s a 2 steam, and most of it towards the end, but I found the payoff so worth it.
This makes me more eager to read all of Longs books!
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- gunshot wound
- Romany are called ‘gypsies’ and mention of ‘gypsies stealing horses’ though it’s a brief line
- scenes of smoking
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex:
Hows the consent?
Chapter 12 – kisses
Chapter 17 – kisses
Chapter 25 – 🔥 oral/fingering for her
Chapter 28 – 🔥 blow job (incomplete), missionary