Reviews for Reforming a Rake

The average rating for Reforming a Rake based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-24 00:00:00 Eileen Galleshaw Oh dear Lord the stupidity in this novel is astounding. I can't even believe that Suzanne Enoch penned this monstrosity. This is definitely one of the most frustrating books I have ever had the misfortune to read and I can't believe that a favourite author of mine wrote it. What's wrong about it, you ask? Ha. What's right about it would be a better question. The heroine, Alexandra, was supposed to be this prim and proper and intelligent governess when in reality she's so fucking stupid it boggles the mind how she managed to breathe without assistance. Seriously. Whenever Lucien came on to her, she'd go all "Oh, I am never going to be your mistress. Shame on you." And then she'd proceed on accepting his kisses and would kiss him in return. SERIOUSLY, BITCH? CAN YOU GROW A FUCKING SPINE, YOU INVERTEBRATE? Her wishy-washy attitude drove me to fits! Dear God I wanted to bash her brains out with all her weakass protests. UGH. MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND START OWNING UP TO YOUR ACTIONS MOTHERFUCKER Everything would've been less painful if Lucien was just likeable. No dice. He was an arrogant son-of-a-bitch who spends his time insulting his cousin who didn't deserve his cruelty. There was no character development at all. And by the 75% marker, I stopped caring about them altogether. I hate stupid heroines and bullshit heroes. That's why this sorry excuse for a romance novel annoyed the bejesus out of me. What a waste of Suzanne Enoch's talent. This was so bad I wouldn't even recommend it to my enemy.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-08 00:00:00 Blake Bryan 2.5 stars She blinked and swiped her disheveled hair out of her face---and saw her abductor. "Lucien!" she shrieked. "What in God's name are you---" "I'm kidnapping you," he said calmly. "And your little dog, too." For 40% of this story the hero was unnecessarily rude, the saying "honesty without tact, is cruelty" needs to be written on a chalkboard 100 times by him. There was also an icky feeling to how he pursued and came at the heroine, you know, his employed, at his mercy, governess. He mellows toward the end and gets pretty gallant about working for the heroine but by then, I wanted to deuces him. For 70% of this story the heroine was strong and leveled headed but when the hero turns the corner and it looks like he really does have feelings for her, she devolves into an angst for angst sake character denying they could ever be together. Seriously, I don't use the term muttonhead lightly, but Muttonhead. It was even more disappointed and annoying because of how good she was earlier. Now, I don't consider myself a full on perv but for how scandalously rakish our hero was supposed to be and lingering sexual chemistry ( was more tell than show), the first sex scene especially, was over before a lip could finish being bitten. Not the payoff I was looking for (and maybe the heroine, either? I kid, I kid) Anyway, villains being villains, and hero and heroine having late personality transplants made this more regency window dressing to me. However, the bump up to 3 stars is because Enoch has a style, tone, and emotional (not as many scenes here as in her other books) way with words that charms me.