Jane Feather - The Bachelor List

Author: Jane Feather

Title: The Bachelor List (Matchmaker Duncan Sisters #1)

Language: English

Format: ebook

No of pages: 368

Rating: 2½ stars

Read: 15.07.2018

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In this exhilarating new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather, a trio of spirited sisters secretly run a thriving matchmaking service. But these three good catches of impeccable pedigree have little interest in matrimony themselves—until, one by one, they meet their matches.

Constance Duncan may be the eldest of three sisters, but she has more important things on her mind than finding a husband—for herself, at any rate. Through the Personals services of her popular newspaper, The Mayfair Lady, Constance connects lonely hearts. But her own heart lies in her work, and nothing will distract her from it—until she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a man of disastrously different views. Max Ensor is a politician whose outmoded attitudes outrage her—even as his powerful presence intrigues her. Clearly there is only one thing to do with such an exasperating man: convert him! Little does Constance know that Max has the same plan in mind for her.... What follows is a fiercely passionate duel in which two headstrong people discover that, differences or not, sometimes one gender cannot—will not—do without the other.

There's something about this novel that I enjoyed immensely, but I fear that there were also parts that didn't quite do it for me, and therefore, in the end, I must admit that it falls very nicely right in the middle of like and don't like.

I really liked the idea of the book as I usually don't read books from the beginning of the 20th century, let alone books about suffragette movement. Although I usually stray far and wide from talks about politics, I didn't really mind it this time and actually found myself enjoying it quite a lot.

What I really couldn't get behind was the romance and I'm quite sad about it because the whole point of the book was a good love story, was it not? I kind of liked Constance and Max together, but at the same time I couldn't really see what they saw in each other nor did I scream from joy when they first decided to jump between the sheets. I would've preferred if it had happened later on - partly because I think that would've felt more true to the time period and partly, okay, mostly, because I am a sucker for slow burn and slow burn does not equate two people between the sheets after a few weeks of an acquaintance. 

The other thing that I seem to object in Feather's novels is her story telling. Mind you, I've only read two books by her (this one included), but I don't fancy the way POV-s seem to jump randomly from one character to the next and sometimes includes even some minor characters.