Michelle D. (Michelle74) reviewed My Irresistible Earl (Inferno Club, Bk 3) on + 153 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
England during the early 1800s - Part of the Inferno Club series.
This book makes my okay list. It's the love lost due to honor (he's a brand new spy) circumstance who is later reunited. After inital friction, they come to be together again.
While the story did have good spots, I didn't find it very relationship driven. There was a great deal about the whole spy organization and many external factors, while they make for a good action story, took away from the romance .
There were also the characters of Drake and Emily, who may have even upstaged the hero and heroine. Drake was mentioned in the previous story, was saved in this story, and I believe will have his own story next. I actually looked forward to more mention of them throughout this book.
Overall, the story was nice, but not great. If you've started the series, you may as well read this to keep up, but no rush.
This book makes my okay list. It's the love lost due to honor (he's a brand new spy) circumstance who is later reunited. After inital friction, they come to be together again.
While the story did have good spots, I didn't find it very relationship driven. There was a great deal about the whole spy organization and many external factors, while they make for a good action story, took away from the romance .
There were also the characters of Drake and Emily, who may have even upstaged the hero and heroine. Drake was mentioned in the previous story, was saved in this story, and I believe will have his own story next. I actually looked forward to more mention of them throughout this book.
Overall, the story was nice, but not great. If you've started the series, you may as well read this to keep up, but no rush.
Helpful Score: 3
Lord Falcolnridge is a member of the Inferno Club which to the public seems like a club for debauchery and shenanigans but is actually a cover for the Order whose members are spies sworn to protect the King of England and their country from the Promethian's. When Jordan, Lord Falcolnridge is just twenty two he meets and falls in love with Mara. For Jordan this is a difficult time because he is about to be sent off on his first mission for the Order. So he leaves and never writes to Mara fearing that his letters might somehow endanger her with his enemies. He returns one year later to find Mara married to another man.
Flash forward twelve years, Jordan has just returned to London to work on a case for the Order. While at an auction Jordan and Mara run into eachother. Both experience strong feelings of anger towards the other. Jordan is still angry that she didn't wait for him and has held a torch for her for the twelve years he's been gone. While Mara has never quite gotten over Jordan and doesn't understand how he could have left and never wrote her. She is also mad at herself because she had a disasterous marriage and the only good thing that came from it is her son Thomas and her close friendship with the Prince Regent.
Eventually Jordan and Mara become lovers. Both have always carried strong feelings for the other and they just don't want to be apart anymore. The only problem with this is that Mara never fully trust Jordan because she senses that he is hiding something from him. Jordan, is hiding secrets from Mara but it's because he is in the Order. He doesn't want her harmed for knowing too much.
I really had a hard time finishing this book. There were a few times I put it down not wanting to pick it up again. The only reason I did is because I really wanted to know what was going to happen with Drake who was a secondary character. I felt that the romance in this book was overshadowed by the spying. It just seemed as if the romance was an afterthought. I never really felt Jordan and Mara connect. We the readers are repeatedly told that they both love eachother but never are we shown how it came to be. As for Mara, I never really grew to like her. She just seemed so selfish and everything was about her. I never really felt her love for Jordan. I had such high hopes for this book. I am a sucker for second chance loves stories so when I saw that this book had one I was very eager to read it. I was very disappointed. I honestly did not even care what happened with Falconridge and Mara.
Flash forward twelve years, Jordan has just returned to London to work on a case for the Order. While at an auction Jordan and Mara run into eachother. Both experience strong feelings of anger towards the other. Jordan is still angry that she didn't wait for him and has held a torch for her for the twelve years he's been gone. While Mara has never quite gotten over Jordan and doesn't understand how he could have left and never wrote her. She is also mad at herself because she had a disasterous marriage and the only good thing that came from it is her son Thomas and her close friendship with the Prince Regent.
Eventually Jordan and Mara become lovers. Both have always carried strong feelings for the other and they just don't want to be apart anymore. The only problem with this is that Mara never fully trust Jordan because she senses that he is hiding something from him. Jordan, is hiding secrets from Mara but it's because he is in the Order. He doesn't want her harmed for knowing too much.
I really had a hard time finishing this book. There were a few times I put it down not wanting to pick it up again. The only reason I did is because I really wanted to know what was going to happen with Drake who was a secondary character. I felt that the romance in this book was overshadowed by the spying. It just seemed as if the romance was an afterthought. I never really felt Jordan and Mara connect. We the readers are repeatedly told that they both love eachother but never are we shown how it came to be. As for Mara, I never really grew to like her. She just seemed so selfish and everything was about her. I never really felt her love for Jordan. I had such high hopes for this book. I am a sucker for second chance loves stories so when I saw that this book had one I was very eager to read it. I was very disappointed. I honestly did not even care what happened with Falconridge and Mara.
Jennifer E. (hotmama89) reviewed My Irresistible Earl (Inferno Club, Bk 3) on + 64 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is the 3rd book in the Inferno Club series. The plot is fresh and the characters captivating. You never know who to trust. I'll be reading it again to see what I missed the first time.
I can't believe we have to wait till next year for Drake's story and then another year for Beau and Carissa. Is there anyway to speed up time?
I can't believe we have to wait till next year for Drake's story and then another year for Beau and Carissa. Is there anyway to speed up time?
Helpful Score: 1
Better than My Dangerous Duke. Although Jordan became a hardened spy, he was an innately gentle man, and I liked his vulnerability towards Mara. I felt Jordan's and Mara's deep feelings for each other, which makes this a very good story. The continuation of Drake's amnesia and apparent switch of loyalty to the enemy helps to propel the mystery of the Order's missions while teasing us with glimpses into his forgotten past. A strong 4 stars.
