Moone’s Reviews > A Lady for a Duke > Status Update

As a romantic fantasy book this crushes. It's obviously unrealistic, from Viola's appearance, the levity her situation is treated with, etc.

I feel such creative liberties are perfectly fine. It is a historically themed sweet and romantic fantasy book.

I will admit, it is long. People are not wrong when they say it's a little too long...

Omg I love it. I like really super love it, in an embarrassing manner. I don't have an eye for literary quality yet, so I don't know how embarrassing a sentence this is, but: this is the most enjoyable book I've read.

The realization and following chapters absolutely gutted me while I was reading them. And the realization was so well set up, escalating and getting the reader's hopes up, just to drop you HARD

This is a slow burn and a half! If it continues on like this for the rest of the book it'll feel almost meandering.

I'm actually a huge fan of it, though. Looking at the rest of Hall's bibliography I really didn't think that'd be the case.

I just love the chemistry here, and the anticipation—oh Lord.

Woah, I think I love it? The mix of regret, yearning, and fear really form a solid mood. And I love Viola and Gracewood's dynamic and conversations so far. I think if it builds up right, the reveal's gonna be fucking magical (or at least impactful).

Gosh, I hope this doesn't suck