Finding Ophelia!

A Scoundrel of Her Own (Sinful Wallflowers #3) by Stacy Reid 

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As individuals I enjoyed the characters of Devlin Byrne and Lady Ophelia Darby. I loved the prologue, mysterious and haunting. Children saving children. But the putting together of these two as a couple didn’t quite work as it should have for me. In the end I felt Ophelia was grappling with too much unresolved baggage. Her torn loyalties between her parents and the one who couldn’t be named, her parents and Devlin, their attitudes and hers became too complicated. Ophelia’s search for her beginnings is all consuming.

Ophelia’s cousin Effie ended up being all that Ophelia was fighting against.

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed the story but the essence of who Ophelia and Devon are was constantly in danger of being watered down by their inner reflections. Sure there were some delicious moments. The way Devlin kept sending simple yet outrageous requests and Ophelia’s responses. The way she accepted the challenges delighted me. Minor characters seemed to appear and then fall off the edge of the chapter. I also felt more could’ve been made of Ophelia’s singing. BTW, I loved Conan the dog.

An Entangled Pub. ARC via NetGalley