A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean Review

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean ⭐️
      Sarah MacLean is kind of a hit or miss author for me but I had been REALLY, REALLY excited about this one.
       Lillian Hargrove has been lonely and ignored all of her life. Because of this, she allows an artist to paint a scandalous portrait of her that will definitely ruin her. Alex Stuart, Duke of Wernick, is perfectly happy to ignore all things English, until he learns he has a ward that has brought scandal upon herself. In order to save Lily's reputation, Alec decides it's high time she has a season and gets married. Lily wants to marry for love and doesn't agree with Alec plans.
       As I said, I was really excited for this book. I've been waiting eagerly for it which is probably part of the reason it's such a disappointment. After four days of reading, I was only one page 104 so I decided to call it a dud and quit. The whole "You're getting married" "Oh no I'm not" schtick got old so fast and from what I read of other reviews apparently continues throughout.
       Probably my biggest irritation with this book (and with MacLean's Never Judge a Lady by her Cover) is the fact that getting Lily married isn't necessarily going to save her reputation. All of London was still going to see her naked! I'm all for the suspension of disbelief up to a point, but that was just hard to swallow. Imagine what an exciting and fun novel this could've been if Warnick and Lily had instead concocted a plan to steal the portrait and destroy it!! It would've been fantastic. I will probably read the next title, even though I'm not overly enthused about it.

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