Captive Book

This was a pretty cute book. My rating is more like 3.5 stars just because some of the trope-y stuff was tedious. It was kind of like she threw in too many tropes and I started to get annoyed. I mean, I don't mind a few tropes in every book because, what the heck. I'm a romance reader. What am I supposed to expect? But at some point it's overdose.

Putting that aside, I liked that you really got two stories for the price of once, since it's not only Charlotte the hellion's story, but also her friend Olivia's story with the reformed-rake Duke of Braddock. I liked Olivia's story better than Charlotte...because I liked Olivia better than Charlotte.

If Charlotte had been a little less annoying it would have been a solid four stars. I just can't stand the hellion, sassy young lady running around in trousers and being reckless on horses, and their hips are outlined by the tight pants which turns on the hero and he insists she behave like a lady and put on a dress even though he secretly lusts for her, blah blah blah, read it a billion times. Okay, that kind of turned into a rant. Can't stand sassy tomboy heroines! My personal issue, lol.

But overall both stories were well told and it had a satisfying ending. Not the best book ever but a pretty good book.