While I understand the conceit was less that Chloe is just that obtuse and more that she was being willfully ignorant because Jeremy had dashed her hopes three years ago, I was still frustrated with that section of The Duke Who Didn’t. Mainly because Jeremy spent so much time inner monologuing about how smart Chloe is and yet it took her forever to accept and realize that he wanted only her qualities on the list because he wants her as his wife. He also has to contend with convincing Chloe that he’s serious about her and not just a wealthy man looking to have her without the promise of a future together.Īll of the above is well and good, but the initial premise of Jeremy trying to get through to Chloe by having her write-up the qualities he wants in a wife was not my favorite. While his intentions toward his childhood friend and potential love, Chloe Fong, are of the matrimonial sort, he’s rightfully anxious over having kept this secret from her for so long. Jeremy is the Duke of Lansing, and he’s been hiding that fact from the people of Wedgeford (including Chloe) since he was a boy. It wasn’t the couple–they’re absolutely lovely together–it was the opening which took awhile to get going and is the weakest part of the novel. I struggled getting into that romance, and the case was similar with Chloe and Jeremy’s love story. The first being After the Wedding, book number two in the WorthSaga. The Duke Who Didn’tis the second book by Courtney Milan that I’ve read.
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