A Lady For a Duke: a swoonworthy historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material

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A Lady For a Duke: a swoonworthy historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material

A Lady For a Duke: a swoonworthy historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material

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It absolutely eviscerated my emotions and left a permanent mark on my soul, which will be forever changed just by knowing that this book exists. Viola and Gracewood's relationship has this sweetness and depth to it and I was fully rooting for them by the end of the book. It’s difficult though, and both Viola and Gracewood will learn to love themselves again as they fall for each other. That seems to prevent Hall from fully committing to his villainy, yet making him problematic enough that I’m not comfortable rooting for him in the future.

This book also has disability representation as Gracewood has a leg injury from the war that affects his day to day life, but he doesn't want to be pitied or defined by his disability even if it has changed him in certain ways. Close to the end there are a couple of sex scenes that manage to be both steamy and emotionally resonant without feeling lurid or voyeuristic. What I didn’t love: the pacing fell off about halfway through with subplots that were fine, but to me didn’t add to the main attraction, the romance between the two main characters.With Viola’s current position as a lady’s companion, the issue of class distinction is always at the forefront, and makes her union with the Duke of Gracewood (as anything more than just his mistress) impossible. two hundred years ago people needed explanation of trans and did not effortlessly do everything right by standards far in the future.

There are times when he cannot be as strong as he would like, and even times when Viola has to support him and even fight for him. By telling a trans story in a time period and society so steeped in highly specific gender roles, the author gives us so many insights into the challenges that would have been real then, and are yet somehow still relevant today. Gracewood had already begun to love Viola before learning he already knew her—although he had not yet known her fully. To start with what I liked about this, I really loved how we got to see Viola's way of thinking and how she wanted to live her life. Viola is assumed dead in Waterloo, and when recovering she takes this opportunity to live as she should have been able to all along.When she encounters the Duke of Gracewood years later she’d shocked at his depression and overall hiding from life. Despite the centering of Viola and Gracewood’s love story, this is a book that celebrates the many ways people love and are loved. I feel like the initial plotline only stretched so far, and then side plots were brought in to flesh it out and then things felt watered down, if that makes sense.



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