Cat Sebastian - The Ruin of a Rake

Author: Cat Sebastian

Title: The Ruin of a Rake (The Turner Series #3)

Language: English

Format: ebook

Rating: 3stars

No of pages: 336

Reading challenge: A book whose title begins with the letter that is not in your full name

Read: 24.02.2018

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Rogue. Libertine. Rake. Lord Courtenay has been called many things and has never much cared. But after the publication of a salacious novel supposedly based on his exploits, he finds himself shunned from society. Unable to see his nephew, he is willing to do anything to improve his reputation, even if that means spending time with the most proper man in London.

Julian Medlock has spent years becoming the epitome of correct behavior. As far as he cares, if Courtenay finds himself in hot water, it’s his own fault for behaving so badly—and being so blasted irresistible. But when Julian’s sister asks him to rehabilitate Courtenay’s image, Julian is forced to spend time with the man he loathes—and lusts after—most.

As Courtenay begins to yearn for a love he fears he doesn’t deserve, Julian starts to understand how desire can drive a man to abandon all sense of propriety. But he has secrets he’s determined to keep, because if the truth came out, it would ruin everyone he loves. Together, they must decide what they’re willing to risk for love.

I'll start by stating that I have not read the previous books in The Turner Series, and honestly, don't really plan to now either. While I quite liked the story as a whole, it didn't really wow me and make me want to read the rest of the series as well. It was just OK for me.

There were parts in this book where I felt that I could grow to really like the story, but there were also parts where I actually had difficulty differentiating between Medlock and Courtenay as their POVs felt and seemed quite similar to me. A bit too similar, to be honest.

I quite liked both Medlock and Courtenay as people (by the time I finished the book), but I wish that I had had the time to get to know them like that before these men decided to stop hating each other and start pawing on each other in the middle of an opera theatre ...

Also, I felt that there were a bit too many intimate scenes and the first one arrived a bit too soon for my likes as I would've preferred to have a better feeling for the characters as individuals before. But hey, that's just the slow burn lover in me screaming for more slow burn and less "hey, I liked your looks, let's bone"-books.