I thought this book was wonderful. It was very close to a perfect book for me with everything I love.

Our hero, Tristan, and our heroine, Joan, are such great characters. Their interactions from the beginning show their pull to each other even though they don’t understand it. They begin almost as an enemies to lovers trope, Tristan being Joan’s older brothers friend. They challenge each other and drive each other mad while at the same time you can see their feelings growing the more time they spend together. In the beginning she calls him Lord Boor and he calls her The Fury which I found hilarious.

I just love books that focus on the romance and this book is one of those. No one is being stalked or murdered, there’s no mystery to solve. And while I do enjoy those plots too, this was ALL about the love and their growing romance.

This book gave me those butterfly feelings of first falling in love. The anticipation, the excitement, the hesitation, wondering. When you’re all consumed with thoughts of them. I enjoyed the humor in this book too, lightly spread out in the beginning half of the book.

I just loved his feelings here:
“Trouble, yes; but even more dangerous than Bennet suspected. Because Tristan didn’t want to run the other way when he saw Miss Bennet, as vexing as she was. He wanted to hear her confess that she was wrong and he was right, about anything at all. And most worrisome of all, he wanted I kiss her senseless when she did so. Maybe even before”

My only complaint is the steam level.

I loved the first kiss scene! Then you wait and wait and wait. And while you’re waiting you’re getting interaction and witty dialogue and character development. And you’re falling in love with them. But I could have used more. The next kiss is almost the end of the book and the sex scene at the end of the book almost seemed rushed and out of place.

So I gave it like 4 3/4 stars. I will love rereading this story and will definitely be searching out more by this author.