Historical Romance Sleepover: Duke of Pleasure Edition
Hi everyone!
u/InRun and I didn’t have a sleepover, but we spent the day reading {Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt} and had brunch ! We have a mini book club that's just the two of us haha
Both of us rated Duke of Pleasure: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My ranking: 11, 4, 8, 5, 6, 3, 7, 9, 1, 2, 10 (fav to least fav)
u/InRun ranking: 11, 4, 8, 5, 6, 3, 9, 7, 1, 2, 10 (fav to least fav)
As you can tell, we have very similar tastes in books, it took until book 9 for the rankings to be different!
Book 4 was our number one book for most of the series and now with book 11, we both have a new favourite book in the series!
Bingo:
We made a 3x3 bingo card with our predictions (we make the bingo card after the first few chapters to get the vibe of the book.
- Hugh crashes chaos
- ✅ >!Alf has a glow up!<
- Iris gives Hugh a pep talk
- ✅ >!Iris is the next FMC!<
- Alf gets kidnapped by chaos
- ✅ >!Ghost cameo!<
- ✅ >!Preview is before 33% way through the book!<
- ✅ >!”Not for the likes of him” moment!<
Drink When:
- Alf is jealous
- Alf uses a sword
- Reader is reminded of Hugh being a bad dad
- Alf searches for info
- When Hugh drinks wine
Thoughts:
- We were both disappointed in Duke of Sin (I know that’s an unpopular opinion on this sub haha), so I think we were both pleased with how much we loved this one
- Adored the relationship she had with >!Godric!< and loved how >!Megs was there for her later in the book!<
- We were both so excited to see Alf as the FMC. She’s been such a constant in these series.
- >!And if maybe he might be hers as well, impossible though that was. And on that thought she felt the stars fall from the sky and she flew up and up and up over rooftops, over London, and maybe to the moon itself!< ❤️ 🥺
- I love how Alf still has all this love in her heart to give even with everything she’s been through
- Sometimes I forget how much I love single parent MCs. I love the kids bonding with Alf and how much they just immediately accept her.
- >!His heart seemed to stop for a moment as he looked at her. He’d understood the huntress, the cocky boy, the wily informant, and, since the night before last, the sensual women. All of that he’d been braced to defend himself against. He hadn’t expected simple acceptance, though.!< ❤️
- Iris is lovely.
- >!She wished Ned could have see her in this grand dress.!< I really appreciated that Alf had somebody in her corner growing up.
- >!He couldn’t think of a future – a family – that didn’t have her in it. Even if she never learning how to hold a ball or pour tea properly. Alf was part of the whole that was he, Peter, and Kit!<
- I love that Hugh and Alf took >!Hannah and Mary Hope in as wards!<.
- Also read recently the novella {Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt}, it was good! Nice to see the MCs get a HEA.
- Also read this small story on Hoyt’s website, A Maiden Lane Christmas Special it’s set right after Duke of Midnight. It was a fun read!
- This book was just wonderful all around! We both really loved all the characters in the book.
- Can’t believe this series is almost done! We haven’t decided what to read next yet after we finish book 12. We find paperbacks are the way to go for our sleepovers, so hoping to find some books that we can both find copies of at used bookstores!
We are having such a fun time reading this series and I’m enjoying recapping the sleepovers! I can’t believe we only have one book left of this series. I am not ready for the series to be over!