Ratings11
Average rating3.1
Honoria Smythe-Smith, the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the Earl of Winstead, plays the violin in the annual musicale performed by the Smythe-Smith quartet. She's well aware that they are dreadful. In fact, she freely admits (to her cousins) that she is probably the worst of the bunch. But she's the sort who figures that nothing good will come of being mortified, so she puts on a good show and laughs about it. Marcus Holroyd is the best friend of Honoria's brother Daniel, who lives in exile out of the country. He's promised to watch out for Honoria and takes his responsibility very seriously. But he has his work cut out for him when Honoria sets off for Cambridge determined to marry by the end of the season. She's got her eye on the only unmarried Bridgerton, who's a bit wet behind the ears. When her advances are spurned, can Marcus swoop in and steal her heart in time for the musicale?
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Best part was when she was cutting rotting flesh from his leg. The rest was extremely boring. I had to listen on 2x speed just to finish. I wonder if Rosalyn Landor fell asleep narrating...
Overall....pretty boring. The brawl with her brother and Marcus was soooo dumb and so annoying to read and it does not really make me want to read the next book in which Daniel is somehow the hero.
But it was a quick, light, read and it was...fine.
The scenes where Marcus was bedridden gave me huge “Misery” vibes and maybe I was unable from enjoying the romance because of that, haha.
This was a cute read! I love that Honoria had a bit more of a modern vibe to her, idk, it made it a bit different. I liked that Marcus wasn't a territorial animal, it was a nice mix of territorial & respect. My only issue was the quartet scene, I had to skim through it because the second hand embarrassment was too much lol