Reviews for Scandalous Again (Switching Places Series #1)

The average rating for Scandalous Again (Switching Places Series #1) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-21 00:00:00 Ryan Plourde This is the second book I've read by this author. Luckily it wasn't the first one I read! The book was a complete disappointment for me. It started out promising which is what makes the ultimate decline all the more hard to take. I was pretty excited by the premise of this book. I love, love, love second chance romances. I love seeing two people try to work out their issues enough to be together despite being burned once before. I don't love all second chance romance stories--some people are just better off apart--but I am drawn to the idea of them. So it was with regret that I concluded that this story just wasn't for me. It wasn't the actual writing or even the storyline that made this one hard to read. It was the characters and their behavior. So I think opinions on this will vary widely. It all depends on if you like Madeline and Gabriel. I really, really didn't like Madeline. At first she wasn't so bad, but the more I came to know her the more arrogant and spoiled she seemed. She had a lame father, I get that. I GET IT! But that didn't seem like a very good excuse for her to be the way she was. I didn't understand how Gabriel supposedly fell so in love with her when she was so managing and arrogant. She seemed to want a man who would be nothing more than arm candy. Gabriel couldn't stand it, so how did he see past it enough to fall in love with her in the beginning? No real explanation was ever made for why these people fell for each other. It seemed to be presented as animal magnetism and nothing else. What was the deal with Gabriel and Madeline both being so hung up on her breaking her word when she broke their engagement? What if he had been a cheater or a beater? Would she have agonized over her stupid honor so much then? I doubt it. But because he's the hero I'm supposed to feel bad that she didn't go through with a marriage she didn't want anymore just because she said she'd marry him? I didn't. I just found it irritating. Also, I didn't really understand why Madeline was cast in the wrong for the breakup. Gabriel chose to participate in an activity that he knew she hated. I don't care if he thought her loathing of it was unreasonable or not. They're her feelings regardless. The fact that he ignored her feelings and did what he wanted made him the one that needed to apologize, not her. I'm irritated that it was presented the other way around. I was extremely irritated by the way everyone "Your Grace"-ed Madeline. She was not a duchess yet!!! She kept referring to herself as the duchess and everyone else kept calling her it too, but she WAS NOT A DUCHESS. Argh! Extremely irritating. Her father, the duke, wasn't even dead. Never have I seen it where the heirs are called by their future title before they actually inherit. I was lucky I had read That Scandalous Evening first. I really enjoyed it and have high hopes for my future with this author. I've heard that the connected book, One Kiss From You, featuring Madeline's companion cousin, is a better read so I'll probably give it a try.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-14 00:00:00 Robert Burchill "Scandalous Again" is the story of Madeline and Gabriel. Effing fantabulous. A story of a fiesty heroine and a smitten hero. Years ago, the heroine had been engaged to the hero- until he broke her trust. She then slapped him, he retaliated by kissing her passionately, they have wild sex and she runs away from the continent. Now she is back, and realizes her father has sold her in a wager. Planning to stop him from getting into further trouble, she exchanges identities with her companion and pretends to be a lady's maid to sneak into a party where wagering is frequent. She soon encounters the hero, and passion ignites. It was fun seeing the heroine masquerade as her meek cousin- and fail every time. Ofcourse, we had loads of drama thanks to a psychotic villain, but it was the MCs story that kept me hooked from starting to the end. Insanely sexy, filled with emotions and a very obsessed, celibate hero. Lovemaking as well as emotional scenes were very well written- and I loved the heroine's surrender at the end. The heroine kisses some frogs in the separation, but could not get rid of her feelings for the hero. I cannot wait to read book 2 as this was GREAT! Safe for me/ SWE for some 4.5/5