To Woo and to Wed: A Novel (The Regency Vows Book 5)
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It's nice to see how much Martha Waters' writing has improved over the course of this series. I have only read book 1 and book 5 because I found the writing in book 1 so bad that I never wanted to pick up another of the author's books, but was convinced to give book 5 a chance by someone who also only read these two books and told me how much better this one was. And it is true. I enjoyed this book much more. It still is a bit silly at times, but the dialogue and narration and pacing were good enough that I didn't mind it one bit (as is normally the case with the usual romance silliness). The only drawback of such a huge improvement happening over the course of the series is that it is obvious in this book that not all the characters and their romances are as well-developed as the one between West and Sophie (like Violet and James from the first book, that we spend the most of the time with from the rest of the cast in this book as they are West's brother and one of Sophie's closest friends). And that I nearly didn't pick up this book, of course. Which would have been a shame, sinde I really enjoyed this book and following West and Sophie's rekindling of their relationship and the ups and downs of their fake engagement. Second chance and fake dating are two of my favorite tropes, and I am tremendously happy that Martha Waters' writing improved enough to do these tropes and these characters justice. I can very much recommend this book, even if only as a standalone, and will not recommend the whole series. I might try the author's other books a chance that she published after this one, now that I know that [book:To Have and to Hoax|52210045] is not representative of her writing.
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It's nice to see how much Martha Waters' writing has improved over the course of this series. I have only read book 1 and book 5 because I found the writing in book 1 so bad that I never wanted to pick up another of the author's books, but was convinced to give book 5 a chance by someone who also only read these two books and told me how much better this one was. And it is true. I enjoyed this book much more. It still is a bit silly at times, but the dialogue and narration and pacing were good enough that I didn't mind it one bit (as is normally the case with the usual romance silliness). The only drawback of such a huge improvement happening over the course of the series is that it is obvious in this book that not all the characters and their romances are as well-developed as the one between West and Sophie (like Violet and James from the first book, that we spend the most of the time with from the rest of the cast in this book as they are West's brother and one of Sophie's closest friends). And that I nearly didn't pick up this book, of course. Which would have been a shame, sinde I really enjoyed this book and following West and Sophie's rekindling of their relationship and the ups and downs of their fake engagement. Second chance and fake dating are two of my favorite tropes, and I am tremendously happy that Martha Waters' writing improved enough to do these tropes and these characters justice. I can very much recommend this book, even if only as a standalone, and will not recommend the whole series. I might try the author's other books a chance that she published after this one, now that I know that [book:To Have and to Hoax|52210045] is not representative of her writing.