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Entertaining enough for night reading, I didn't give it a full 5 b/c just when I got invested enjoying the 2 main characters, when Lydia finally realizes Duke Penthurst really loves her, the book ends! It could of been 1-2 more chapters longer. Overall though, plot was believable & as for romantic, well it could of been prolonged.


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The Accidental Duchess Fairbourne Quartet Madeline Hunter 9780515151312 Books Reviews

Madeline Hunter is a truly wonderful writer. The prose flows beautifully and effortlessly, and I am a fan. Her characters are generally rich and complex, with much more seething under the surface than what is visible to the outside world. Her characters are rich in emotion and her writing is unique.
Unfortunately, the plot and the characters in this novel are not all that interesting, I am sad to report. This is the last book in the series and it just fell a little flat. Lydia the h has been introduced in prior books and we know that something is wrong with her. Her personality has changed and she has become almost addicted to gambling. The rest of the time she is moping about. We find out here that Lydia thought she was in love with/had a crush on the man Penthurst the Duke H killed in a duel. This duel as we know from prior books seriously disrupted the close friendship of the 4 Hs in this series as the deceased, Baron Lakewood, was also a friend. The series is about not only the romances of each of the 4 men, but also about resolution of their friendship.
As many reviewers have commented, it is difficult to like or even feel much sympathy for Lydia on a number of levels. She comes across as moody, bratty, selfish and spoiled. She acts in very irrational and at times stupid ways. Her obsession with Lakewood's death seems unbelievable given the small number of encounters we learn the two actually had. Penthurst is too narrowly drawn a character and we don't get that sense that much emotion exists or else he keeps it so tightly tamped down, we never really get to know who he is really is. He is clearly honorable, responsible etc. But who is he at his core? We never really find that out. Several of the characters from the other books in the series reappear, but they seem somehow a shadow of the characters they were in their own books.
My slight dissatisfaction with this book is that it is not really a romance. This book is about wrapping up the loose ends from the other books, revealing what a cad Lakewood really was, and Lydia's slow realization that Lakewood had only pretended to care for her and that her moping aboput was all in vain. The premise about what can flow from a single event--the duel--and the repercussions it can have long after provides food for thought and I think the author does a fine job with that. However, all the other books had more of a plot than this premise and the stories seemed more believable for it. This novel seemed to drag on for a long time, dwelling on boring details that were not that interesting, to be honest. I also did not like the resolution of the two "villains" and the hurried explanation at the end.
My biggest complaint, however, is there seemed to be nothing other than physical attraction between the H and the h for most of the book. Neither really liked the other at the outset, nor did either even admire or respect the other. As the story progressed, we did not see much interaction between them on an emotional rather than physical level. It was a little hard to believe at the end that they really did believe they loved each other. It seemed a little forced and artificial ok, I have wrapped up my story and now these two need a HEA, so tell each other you love the other. I left with the impression I was pretty sure that whatever attraction they felt for the other would very soon evaporate. There was just not enough build-up of their relationship for me to believe it would last very long. There was a hint or two that perhaps they had actually been attracted to each other in the past, but for various reasons ignored that attraction and never admitted it to themselves. If the author had done even a little bit more with that, I would have been a lot happier.
This is the first Madeline Hunter book that ever left me feeling a little disappointed. It is by no means a bad book; in fact, in many respects it is good. Just not up to the author's general standards and the rest of this series.
Thank heaven I read The Seduction of Lady Cassandra before any of the others in this series. Lady Fairbourne, the first book, was OK, the 3rd book - with Mariel and Lord Kendale - was pretty silly. And although I'd been really looking forward to Penthurt's story - what really happened that led up to the duel that resulted in Lakewood's death? Well, we finally learn the whole story, and that would have been fine if the heroine, Southwaite's sister Lydia, were the least bit interesting. Instead, she's childish and petulant and strains our patience.

May I recommend her other quarter, which is fantastic The Rarest Blooms. Only the 2nd book in the series falls short, but it's worth reading that one, as well. The strong relationships among the four women are appealing and memorable, as well as the bond among their masculine counterparts. In fact, the dialogue is outstanding, and the men - Ambury, Hakewell, Jonathan Whoosit --- and the irrepressible Duke of Castleford - are fabulous.

A lot of readers love Hunter's medieval stories; I'm not one of them. But The Rarest Blooms provides hours of enjoyment, and I've read the first three books in that series more than once. And Lady Cassandra - phenomenal story with believable character development. These are people you can admire.
I waited for Penthurt's story. In the other books, Penthurst seemed like a mysterious and misunderstood character. I really wanted his love story to be good. He deserved a loving wife because his friends had spurned him in the first two novels of the series.

Lydia, the heroine, was a complete idiot. She had a loving brother and loving husband, and yet, she wouldn't seek their help. I don't normally like stories about blackmail because they can be easily solved. Why would anyone pay tons of money (10,000 pounds which was a boatload of money for that time period) for a novel? The blackmail plot was a weak contrivance and I was not convinced that any harm could have been done. Sure there were lists of ships and she could have been seen as a spy...but have your brother or ducal husband help you out of this mess, you dumb bunny! Furthermore, Lydia never asked for the blackmailer to prove that he actually had the entire novel. Meanwhile, it irked me that Lydia kept paying money without any proof that he had the entire novel.

Additionally, Penthurst was a duke and he could have overpowered the blackmailer. He could have shot the blackmailer in a duel, or arrested the blackmailer and Penthurst could have used his ducal influence to put the blackmailer in jail for life. End of stupid blackmail plot. End of stupid blackmailer.

Also, Lydia was supposed to be a "woman of the world" and yet she was subservient to this blackmailer. She pretended to be worldly, but she was a naive, spoiled brat. I don't know what Penthurst saw in her. He gained nothing from his association with her. He deserved a strong woman who could support his strengths and promote his good reputation. Instead he was shackled with an embarrassing spoiled wife. I waded through 4 novels to see Penthurst vindicated. What a disappointment.
Entertaining enough for night reading, I didn't give it a full 5 b/c just when I got invested enjoying the 2 main characters, when Lydia finally realizes Duke Penthurst really loves her, the book ends! It could of been 1-2 more chapters longer. Overall though, plot was believable & as for romantic, well it could of been prolonged.