when the scoundrel sins is one of those books where it's clear to everyone except the main characters that they are head over heels for one another. annabelle and quinton have a tumultous history that goes back to her debut season, or actually to a time before that, where he constantly teased her and she thought the worst of him.
and then he kisses her and she freaks out and then society stumbles in on them at the worst possible moment. there was never going to be a way to recover from that, though annabelle holds a grudge for quinton fighting to defend her honor and he's never apologized because honestly it doesn't make sense for him to apologize for the fight. he doesn't feel guilty about it and i'm still not clear on why that was something he needed to apologize for.
it's six years later and annabelle has to marry in order to inherit her home. she proposes a marriage of convenience to quinton but he won't do it. he's got his reasons and they are semi-valid, but also he's so stupidly in love with her that it's clear he won't marry her for convenience's sake. if he marries her it has to be a real marriage but that isn't what she wants.
so then he has to go through the motions of vetting all the candidates for her hand. while her neighbor sir harold stakes his specific claim while being an all-around jerk to pretty much everyone. he's not even on the page for all that much but whenever he is, he's like this mustache twirling villain. it's surprising that annabelle thinks he's so harmless.
anyway, it gets to a point where quinton is ready to marry annabelle and she won't have him because he won't say he loves her. he is terrified of love. but the fact of the matter is that they are being utter idiots because it's so freaking obvious that they love each other. his love for her is so apparent, i don't understand why she needs the exact words. he's more freaked out by the fact that she loves him than by what he actually feels for her. for the most part this is an enjoyable regency, annabelle and quinton have crazy amounts of chemistry, and their friendship makes their romantic relationship even more special, but they are also frustratingly stupid about things at the end. which is why it loses a star for me.
**when the scoundrel sins will publish on august 29, 2017. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/grand central publishing (forever) in exchange for my honest review.
and then he kisses her and she freaks out and then society stumbles in on them at the worst possible moment. there was never going to be a way to recover from that, though annabelle holds a grudge for quinton fighting to defend her honor and he's never apologized because honestly it doesn't make sense for him to apologize for the fight. he doesn't feel guilty about it and i'm still not clear on why that was something he needed to apologize for.
it's six years later and annabelle has to marry in order to inherit her home. she proposes a marriage of convenience to quinton but he won't do it. he's got his reasons and they are semi-valid, but also he's so stupidly in love with her that it's clear he won't marry her for convenience's sake. if he marries her it has to be a real marriage but that isn't what she wants.
so then he has to go through the motions of vetting all the candidates for her hand. while her neighbor sir harold stakes his specific claim while being an all-around jerk to pretty much everyone. he's not even on the page for all that much but whenever he is, he's like this mustache twirling villain. it's surprising that annabelle thinks he's so harmless.
anyway, it gets to a point where quinton is ready to marry annabelle and she won't have him because he won't say he loves her. he is terrified of love. but the fact of the matter is that they are being utter idiots because it's so freaking obvious that they love each other. his love for her is so apparent, i don't understand why she needs the exact words. he's more freaked out by the fact that she loves him than by what he actually feels for her. for the most part this is an enjoyable regency, annabelle and quinton have crazy amounts of chemistry, and their friendship makes their romantic relationship even more special, but they are also frustratingly stupid about things at the end. which is why it loses a star for me.
**when the scoundrel sins will publish on august 29, 2017. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/grand central publishing (forever) in exchange for my honest review.
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