How to Not Marry a Lord is the third book I’ve read by Emma Orchard, and while I enjoyed all of the books, this one was my least favourite of the three.
In the previous books I read, I met the Constantine sisters. In this book, the three remaining unmarried sisters, Beatrice, Cecilia, and Bianca, unexpectedly inherit an estate and a fortune from an unknown, eccentric aunt. The young ladies, with their former governess as chaperone, head off to their newly inherited home. There, a nearby impoverished lord and his siblings plot to marry or otherwise get involved with the young women, so that they can restore their family fortune, and resume their spendthrift ways.
I found the opening of this book to be very slow, and I was easily distracted from the story. At about 25%, it still wasn’t extremely clear to me which of the sisters was the focus of the story, and although the hero had been introduced to the reader, the young ladies still had not encountered him.
The characters of the sisters were likeable, as was their chaperone. I was aggravated by the oldest sister, Beatrice. She seemed to take a lot of risks , even after she suspected the young woman she was involved with was not being truthful. Her behaviour just made no sense to me.
My biggest problem with this book was the plot of evil family trying to trick young women into marriage so they can steal their money and make them miserable. I just am just not a fan of that setup.
Otherwise, the writing was entertaining, there were several spicy scenes, and I think the story will appeal to other historical romance readers, it just wasn’t for me.
I received an advance review How Not to copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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