{"id":9219,"date":"2017-08-23T19:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=9219"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T00:08:24","slug":"a-rogue-by-any-other-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9219","title":{"rendered":"A Rogue by Any Other Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Rogue by Any Other Name<\/a><\/em> (2012) Sarah MacLean<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Set in England in 1831.<\/p>\n

This is the first book of the Rules of Scoundrels and possibly my least favorite of the lot.<\/p>\n

Penelope Marbury is just about a spinster, and her father wants her provided for, since she has no brothers to care for her after he dies. So he adds an enticement to her dowry. <\/p>\n

The former lands of the Marquess of Bourne. Bourne lost absolutely everything in a play of cards to his neighbor and former guardian. He walked away from the card table with his entailed estates and the clothes on his back. And absolutely nothing else.<\/p>\n

I do like that it is made clear that Penelope has little choice but to marry–except in rare cases, women didn’t have much say in their futures.<\/p>\n

She sighed. \u201cI am not aiming for humor, Mother. I\u2019m simply . . . not certain that I want to marry Thomas. Or anyone else who isn\u2019t certain that he wants to marry me, honestly.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cPenelope!\u201d her mother barked. \u201cYour wants are not paramount in this situation!\u201d <\/p>\n

Of course they weren\u2019t. That wasn\u2019t how marriage operated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another thing I particularly liked was that Tommy wasn’t a bad man–he was a true friend to Penelope throughout the book, and I have to admit that like Tommy, I didn’t get why Penelope would stay with Bourne.<\/p>\n

He was too much of a jerk, even allowing for how badly he’d been hurt in the past.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say I didn’t appreciate his redemption, because I very much did. I just felt that Penelope forgave him entirely too easily.
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Avon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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