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His Lordship's Secret (His Lordship’s Mysteries #1)
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DNF at 15%
Something about this just doesn’t work for me.
The character descriptions run on for pages - even for side characters, it can go up to two pages of rambling physical descriptors and analogies.
I also cannot suspend my disbelief over Alfie’s past. I just can’t do it. His parents adopted (lol took) him from the slums, and pretended that they’d had him while traveling abroad. I didn’t quite catch the ages this happened, but he was old enough to have solid memories and interpersonal connections. They also say they passed off his lack of manners and schooling as having traveled abroad and run wild…but I just can’t buy that really. He’d act and sound like the slum kid he was, not some rogue child who’s been around the world. Even the kids of the ton would recognize that I bet. It was too far for me to accept as legit.
The way Alfie and Dominick recognized each other - by a common phrase - was annoyingly dumb to me. One of those tiny details that’s excessively irritating.
I could see this set up being used to explore the dynamics of class and the whims of fate (one slum kid turned into an earl, the other stuck…not) but somehow, given the light tone of the book so far, I doubt that’s on the menu.
Overall, this felt pretty surface, and got lost in physical descriptions without giving much depth to characters or scenes. Alfie is far too innocent for his supposed background. It didn’t hold my attention, and so…I move on.
Something about this just doesn’t work for me.
The character descriptions run on for pages - even for side characters, it can go up to two pages of rambling physical descriptors and analogies.
I also cannot suspend my disbelief over Alfie’s past. I just can’t do it. His parents adopted (lol took) him from the slums, and pretended that they’d had him while traveling abroad. I didn’t quite catch the ages this happened, but he was old enough to have solid memories and interpersonal connections. They also say they passed off his lack of manners and schooling as having traveled abroad and run wild…but I just can’t buy that really. He’d act and sound like the slum kid he was, not some rogue child who’s been around the world. Even the kids of the ton would recognize that I bet. It was too far for me to accept as legit.
The way Alfie and Dominick recognized each other - by a common phrase - was annoyingly dumb to me. One of those tiny details that’s excessively irritating.
I could see this set up being used to explore the dynamics of class and the whims of fate (one slum kid turned into an earl, the other stuck…not) but somehow, given the light tone of the book so far, I doubt that’s on the menu.
Overall, this felt pretty surface, and got lost in physical descriptions without giving much depth to characters or scenes. Alfie is far too innocent for his supposed background. It didn’t hold my attention, and so…I move on.
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