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This one had promise at the start but fell off the rails early on. Three boys entered into a pact and carry it on through adulthood, which I thought was a bit silly. Griff, must marry in a big hurry before he heads off to war. He sees Alyssa from across a few ballrooms and decides she's the one he wants. On the day they actually meet, they are at Almack's where they proceed to almost have sex in the ladies retiring room and decide to marry. The chapter when the wedding is being planned grated on my nerves. There was full on rush to get these two having sex. I hate that in any story. I don't know how many chapters the wedding night went because I quit reading. I'm not a prude and am perfectly find with sex scene. I'm not okay with sex scenes with no purpose and very little plot. I'll not read another from this author.


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Barely A Bride Berkley Sensation Rebecca Hagan Lee 9780425191248 Books Reviews

Alyssa is a different kind of heroine. She doesn't want the Duke that her mother has picked out for her. She wants a quiet, country life where she can garden, grow herbs, make home remedies, and lead what she deems to be a useful life. Griffin wants to join the Cavalry. Unfortunately he is the only heir to his father, the Earl, who has enough power in the War Office to stop him. His father tells him he must marry and try to beget an heir before he leaves. Alyssa and Griffin decide marriage would benefit the both of them. What they didn't count on was the passion that would develop in the short time that they had together. This book is well written with characters that I truly fell in love with. I especially like Alyssa and her stubborn determination to lead life the way she wanted and not the way that her mother decided that she should. The dialogue is good. I found myself chuckling quite a bit, especially during the marriage negotiations. The latter part of the book has a realistic portrayal of the horrors of the war that may bother a few people. It also realistically portrays what we now recognize as PTSD. This is an excellent book and I am looking forward to the next in the series.

Sexual situations may offend some readers.
The idea behind this book was promising but the execution fell short.

General Plot

A group of young boys make a vow to marry only if absolutely necessary, to never love their wives if they do marry, and to devote their lives to serving king and country. Fast forward and Griff is ready to head off to war, only to be told by his father, who has convinced Griff's commanding officer the same, that he cannot leave before marrying and "getting an heir" on his wife. Meanwhile, Alyssa is a very reluctant participant in the marriage mart, gardens and freedom to ballrooms and marriage. The two meet, realize getting marriage would be mutually beneficial, and the story goes from here.

Where it falls apart Historical inaccuracies, too much detail about some things while not enough about others, confusing timeline markers, stupid ending

Historical inaccuracies. Normally I can overlook these a bit in the name of entertainment. I'm not an expert on the Regency/Georgian period. However, the amount of detail the author used to describe the preparations and ceremony for the wedding stuck out to me as over the top and odd. From the number of people invited (even the prince had only a few people in attendance at his wedding; 200 is silly) to the cake and ice sculpture (really? how did they get this big chunk of ice in April in England, have time to sculpt it and then somehow keep it from melting?) to bringing up the term "matron of honor" (term didn't exist at the time), matching bridesmaid gowns (not a thing at the time)and everything in between, it was way too much. It took me out of the story, because I kept thinking "that seems weird." I don't know why any of that nonsense was included.

Too much detail. As mentioned in my comment on historical inaccuracies, the author spends way too many pages on descriptions and details that don't really matter (her lady's maid's impertinence toward Griff--what was the point of this interaction?) The consummation of the marriage spanned four chapters. Four chapters! Yes, it's normal to include that event in this type of book but four chapters is crazy, especially when contrasted with the very little time spent on actual important plot points later in the book. And the Duke of Sussex's visit--none of that made any sense. That Griff's friends would send the duke to visit Alyssa? My mind is boggled.

Confusing timeline. Five chapters are spent on the time period between the marriage in May and autumn of that year. Then there are three paragraphs spent on the time period from autumn to May of the next year. Each of those chapters starts with a quote from either Griff or Alyssa's journals, but the dates on them don't necessarily coincide with what is going on in the chapter. That was very confusing. Chapter 26, for example, started with an excerpt from her 5/4/1811 journal. However, the chapter begins with Griff's friends visiting Alyssa in the autumn of 1810.

Stupid ending. In chapters 28 through 32 we have Griff return from war, wounded and suffering from PTSD, being made a duke, telling Alyssa that he's setting her free, her rejecting that and them once again being intimate, him leaving because she deserves better, her following him to London in order to flirt with other men in his presence, him intervening when the Duke of Sussex appears to be going to dance with her, and then finally they are together and it's the end. Five chapters for all of that and four chapters for them to consummate their marriage. Astounding.

Overall, I was very disappointed in this book. I really thought it was going to be good. I've read the reviews for the subsequent books in the series and it sounds like they are riddled with similar problems. So much promise and so much disappointment.
Not much in this book is plausible--not the childish but professionally written pact that the principals honor after they grow up (it's so stupid no wonder they keep it secret), not the lengthy kissing within minutes of meeting at Almack's, not the wedding loaded with 21st century customs, not Griff's friends sending a man to test him and Alyssa, not the French bayoneting injured English soldiers to finish them off--in the leg???. Etc.

But--it works as a light read with lots of sex and romance. I chose it because I liked the plot of the marriage of convenience and identified with Alyssa wanting a home of her own to run. I didn't notice typos or misspellings.
This one had promise at the start but fell off the rails early on. Three boys entered into a pact and carry it on through adulthood, which I thought was a bit silly. Griff, must marry in a big hurry before he heads off to war. He sees Alyssa from across a few ballrooms and decides she's the one he wants. On the day they actually meet, they are at Almack's where they proceed to almost have sex in the ladies retiring room and decide to marry. The chapter when the wedding is being planned grated on my nerves. There was full on rush to get these two having sex. I hate that in any story. I don't know how many chapters the wedding night went because I quit reading. I'm not a prude and am perfectly find with sex scene. I'm not okay with sex scenes with no purpose and very little plot. I'll not read another from this author.