Synopsis: THERE
WENT THE BRIDE ...
Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting ... for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all ...
It's true. He doesn't. Thomas rather likes having a fiancee --- all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay --- and he does intend to marry her ... eventually. But just when he begins to realize that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love ... with his own fiancee!
Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting ... for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all ...
It's true. He doesn't. Thomas rather likes having a fiancee --- all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay --- and he does intend to marry her ... eventually. But just when he begins to realize that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love ... with his own fiancee!
My thoughts:
First of all, I thought that Thomas was a selfish asshole, greedy and
short-minded, that only thought about himself and his own pleasure. Only when
Jack – the man that was, maybe, the true duke of Wyndham – showed up that he
showed me that he had the minimum of nobility and chivalry.
While I was reading, I really
hoped that Jack would start courting Amelia and he and Thomas would get in a
fight to win her heart. Ok, they actually fought, but not for the reasons that
I expected and wanted! As the story went by, I started to cheer for Thomas and
Amelia, so that they could get together and prove that Thomas was the real
duke. I’m not going to tell you, readers – if anyone is reading – if he is or
isn’t the real duke, but he and Amelia get their share of happiness in the end.
The level of romance was regular, in my opinion.
Milly was one of my favorite
characters. She’s one of Amelia’s younger sister and, for me, deserves a story
of her own. The only thing that I didn’t like was the epilogue. I think it was,
on itself, very weak and unpromising, especially if you compare it with Everything
and the Moon.
Julia Quinn is really one of my
favorite authors ever. The way she writes makes me twist and turn throughout
the reading, in a wave of feelings and emotions.
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