Book Review: The Marquess and I (Forever Yours - Book 1)
The Marquess and I (Forever Yours - Book 1) by Stacy Reid
5 stars
Category: Adult
Note: I read this as included in the Forever Yours Series Bundle collection.
Summary: Lady Willow, now blind, is determined to re-enter society and regain her freedom. But almost immediately she makes a misstep. As the whispering and gossiping starts, a gentleman comes to her rescue and pulls her away into the garden. Alasdair, the new Marquess of Westcliffe, recently returned from the war remembers how Willow played with his affections and tossed him over for a duke and has decided he will make her feel what he felt for her and then cruelly toss her aside like she did him. Willow had resigned herself to a life without love and passion, and welcomes the idea of an affair with him. But once he realizes she is blind, he knows he can’t be that cruel, especially when he does indeed still love her. But Willow is determined not to rely on anyone, and not to burden anyone with her blindness, especially not her former boyfriend Alasdair, even if he is now a marquess.
Comments: Even though this has a rocky start, that nearly made me stop reading it, after pushing through enough chapters, it did turn into a very sweet story. I really didn’t care for the opening idea of the hero determined to rape/trick the heroine into having sex with him with violence on his mind, even with the idea that roughness was turning her on (ugh). Thankfully he gave up that idea quickly before anything really happened and the story turned more to getting reacquainted since the years apart had changed both of them. Though the heroine continues with the idea of wanting meaningless sex, just so she can experience it once and continues with that idea through most of the book. Honestly, I didn’t really understand how she was determined to gain her freedom while still remaining at home, since that wouldn’t be freedom with still being trapped in the house and she’d have to rely on family since she didn’t want to marry and there was no mention of her wanting to learn a trade. I did want to know more about the duke that let her go. And I really wanted to know more about her brother, like why he didn’t talk about her more to Alasdair, since apparently they were friends during the war. I also wanted to know more about Alasdair’s sisters. They were never really mentioned other than to moan about how he couldn’t properly provide for them. I love the idea of finding love later in life, past the debutante age and I love the second chance theme. I also loved the idea of trying to help Willow regain her confidence, as a way to making her more open to finding her freedom. And I loved Alasdair’s determination that he wanted a relationship with her any way he could, even if it just meant as friends.
5 stars
Category: Adult
Note: I read this as included in the Forever Yours Series Bundle collection.
Summary: Lady Willow, now blind, is determined to re-enter society and regain her freedom. But almost immediately she makes a misstep. As the whispering and gossiping starts, a gentleman comes to her rescue and pulls her away into the garden. Alasdair, the new Marquess of Westcliffe, recently returned from the war remembers how Willow played with his affections and tossed him over for a duke and has decided he will make her feel what he felt for her and then cruelly toss her aside like she did him. Willow had resigned herself to a life without love and passion, and welcomes the idea of an affair with him. But once he realizes she is blind, he knows he can’t be that cruel, especially when he does indeed still love her. But Willow is determined not to rely on anyone, and not to burden anyone with her blindness, especially not her former boyfriend Alasdair, even if he is now a marquess.
Comments: Even though this has a rocky start, that nearly made me stop reading it, after pushing through enough chapters, it did turn into a very sweet story. I really didn’t care for the opening idea of the hero determined to rape/trick the heroine into having sex with him with violence on his mind, even with the idea that roughness was turning her on (ugh). Thankfully he gave up that idea quickly before anything really happened and the story turned more to getting reacquainted since the years apart had changed both of them. Though the heroine continues with the idea of wanting meaningless sex, just so she can experience it once and continues with that idea through most of the book. Honestly, I didn’t really understand how she was determined to gain her freedom while still remaining at home, since that wouldn’t be freedom with still being trapped in the house and she’d have to rely on family since she didn’t want to marry and there was no mention of her wanting to learn a trade. I did want to know more about the duke that let her go. And I really wanted to know more about her brother, like why he didn’t talk about her more to Alasdair, since apparently they were friends during the war. I also wanted to know more about Alasdair’s sisters. They were never really mentioned other than to moan about how he couldn’t properly provide for them. I love the idea of finding love later in life, past the debutante age and I love the second chance theme. I also loved the idea of trying to help Willow regain her confidence, as a way to making her more open to finding her freedom. And I loved Alasdair’s determination that he wanted a relationship with her any way he could, even if it just meant as friends.