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Georgiana and Theo from How Not to Hate A Duke by Jennifer Haymore. Got to read an ARC of this Regency Romance that I thoroughly enjoyed! Spoiler free review will be down below.

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How Not to Hate A Duke by Jennifer Haymore - 4 out of 5.

I had such a fun time reading this one! It starts as a softer enemies-to-lovers before there is a slow progression to acquaintanceship to friendship to eventually lovers. I’m not a huge fan of heavy enemies-to-lovers where the main characters deeply despise each other on a fundamental level and go to the extreme of showing zero empathy/compassion to the other human being or outwardly trying to harm the other, so this was a perfect fit for me. They definitely start out as enemies, but it’s more of a misguided assumption on Georgiana’s part. Theo has his irks with her, especially at the beginning, but watching them change slowly over the course of the book was beautiful. I especially enjoyed how they interacted with each other throughout; the bickering and bantering were top notch.

What threw me a little were the scandalous parlor games that I highly doubt would have ever taken place at a time as this, but it works for the sake of the story and entertainment, so I’ll forgive it there. With stories like this, I take the “historical accuracy” aspect with a grain of salt. Some of the games felt silly at times, and nearly gave me second-hand embarrassment, but that’s all part of the fun.

The romance: I honestly loved how their relationship transformed throughout the story, and how they change as individuals. Haymore does such a great job of presenting the reality of courtships and how they are affected by their families and social statuses of this era.

I gave this 4 out of 5 stars because, while I was very entertained, it wasn’t perfect and that’s okay. I still had a great time reading this. I could see how this can be someone’s 5 star read, and that’s great.

I also noticed some horrible formatting errors that I’m hoping were just the version that I was sent: I know sometimes pdfs don’t format well with kindles. The chapters were not blocked out correctly, every once in a while sentences would be broken with paragraphs, and there were some paragraph spacing inconsistencies. This is something that is definitely fixable, and doesn’t affect the reading experience too badly if you’re patient.

In conclusion, if you want a gentle, realistic feeling enemies-to-lovers Regency inspired romance, you are going to want to pick this one up. There is spice in this one, so if that is not your thing, you may want to pass as it plays a key role in the story.

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Georgiana and Theo from How Not to Hate A Duke by Jennifer Haymore. Got to read an ARC of this Regency Romance that I thoroughly enjoyed! Spoiler free review will be down below.

Commission | Etsy | Shop | Website | IG

How Not to Hate A Duke by Jennifer Haymore - 4 out of 5.

I had such a fun time reading this one! It starts as a softer enemies-to-lovers before there is a slow progression to acquaintanceship to friendship to eventually lovers. I’m not a huge fan of heavy enemies-to-lovers where the main characters deeply despise each other on a fundamental level and go to the extreme of showing zero empathy/compassion to the other human being or outwardly trying to harm the other, so this was a perfect fit for me. They definitely start out as enemies, but it’s more of a misguided assumption on Georgiana’s part. Theo has his irks with her, especially at the beginning, but watching them change slowly over the course of the book was beautiful. I especially enjoyed how they interacted with each other throughout; the bickering and bantering were top notch.

What threw me a little were the scandalous parlor games that I highly doubt would have ever taken place at a time as this, but it works for the sake of the story and entertainment, so I’ll forgive it there. With stories like this, I take the “historical accuracy” aspect with a grain of salt. Some of the games felt silly at times, and nearly gave me second-hand embarrassment, but that’s all part of the fun.

The romance: I honestly loved how their relationship transformed throughout the story, and how they change as individuals. Haymore does such a great job of presenting the reality of courtships and how they are affected by their families and social statuses of this era.

I gave this 4 out of 5 stars because, while I was very entertained, it wasn’t perfect and that’s okay. I still had a great time reading this. I could see how this can be someone’s 5 star read, and that’s great.

I also noticed some horrible formatting errors that I’m hoping were just the version that I was sent: I know sometimes pdfs don’t format well with kindles. The chapters were not blocked out correctly, every once in a while sentences would be broken with paragraphs, and there were some paragraph spacing inconsistencies. This is something that is definitely fixable, and doesn’t affect the reading experience too badly if you’re patient.

In conclusion, if you want a gentle, realistic feeling enemies-to-lovers Regency inspired romance, you are going to want to pick this one up. There is spice in this one, so if that is not your thing, you may want to pass as it plays a key role in the story.