The Butterfly Bride by Vanessa Riley | ARC Review

Series: Advertisements for Love, #3
Tropes & Traits: titled hero; widower, single father
Publication Date: 10.22.18
Genre/Setting: Historical
Rating: 2/5 stars

This is the story of Frederica, the illegitimate, mixed race, daughter of a duke, and Jasper, a viscount and heir to an earldom. Jasper is a widower with three young girls and is very much still in love with his wife and will only consider Frederica as a mistress. Frederica is determined to have a respectable marriage and sets herself a timeline to stick to, thinking that once she is married the mysterious threats against her and her friends will cease. This flawed logic bothered me, as well as the fact that she was supposedly in love with Jasper, but willing to do this anyway. Jasper, of course, did love her, he just wasn't ready to admit it, then when he finally was she wasn't ready to hear it and we ended up with a marriage of convenience for awhile. This one just didn't quite do it for me. I got annoyed with the two main characters constantly dancing around each other and never being on the same page. There was some unbelievable and rather random dialogue that killed the flow and authenticity for me in some parts, and there wasn't enough steam for me. This is a sweet read with a bit of intrigue that most will probably enjoy, it just wasn't for me.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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