If you've already read The Two Dukes of Wyndham, then you can bypass the whole of Mr. Cavendish and just read the last two chapters. This book rehashes the entire prequel and tries to develop the relationship between Thomas and Amelia that just doesn't work. The final proposal scene was romantic and lovely but hardly enough to make their love for each other close to believeable. What I really wanted to to know is what happened to the Dowager Duchess. 2.5 stars out of 5.

I am a great admirer of Julia Quinn's books, but this one fell way short. It is not because of great expectations and tepid writing. The book is well written, only it is The Lost Duke written from a Amelia and Thomas' point of view. You go through the entire book thinking, ok now the story is going to begin, but the reader ends up reading entire passages that are exact replicas from the previous book. Even this would not bother me if the story actually reflected Amelia and Thomas' story, but it was like reading a different POV of Grace and Jack's story. The lead characters never connected, and Amelia was a nice, boring person. She kept saying she was a smart person, but the character never reflected that quality. Amelia did not reflect a one outstanding quality that would make Thomas think, this is why I love her. Thomas himself showed no qualities that would make the reader think he was a man to love. You get the last chapter that is devoted to Thomas and Amelia only and I would say that fizzled out, but it actually never warmed up.

Poor Thomas Cavendish! He comes home to discover that his title of Duke may NOT be his.

This book as better than Jack's story. I actually cared about the leads. Thomas had his faults and at times didn't know how to handle them. His childhood was less than loving. His grandmother never held back her disdain.

Amelia Willoughby was betrothed to Thomas since birth and just bided her time until Thomas came to collect her. Still after twenty years, she's still waiting. Thomas doesn't see the rush, he'll get around to it eventually. Amelia was tired of waiting.

There was parts of this book, that didn't like. I really didn't like Thomas teasing Amelia near the beginning. He basically ignored the girl until it suits him and really didn't give thought to her feeling. Then Amelia all but melted to becomes a doormat slightly. But as time went on, I liked their rapport because unlike Jack and Grace, theirs was more emotional.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book after reading the reviews, but I will always read anything that Julia Q. puts out. I liked it better than the first one, yes, I know what was going to happen but it didn't get in the way for me. I liked how Amelia reacted to everything that was happening around her, she made the story for me. It was great to see what was going on in Thomas's head and how he made his life on the estate.

I love Julia Quinn but found this book not quite up to par for her. I liked seeing the story from the point of view from other characters but it didn't feel new to me. I wanted more story between the two main characters. But still it's Julia Quinn and I haven't hated a book of hers yet.

I love Julia Quinn; I've read all her books; I love her 'Bridgerton' series. Unfortunately, this book just left me blah. The main characters in this book are the secondary characters from "The Lost Duke of Wyndham", and so is the story. Even if you read it immediately after 'The Lost Duke', you find it wanting. The characters were not engaging or interesting, and the whole story felt like it was just tying up loose ends from 'The Lost Duke'.

A previous reviewer faulted the author for repeating some of The Lost Duke Of Wyndham's scenes, as if 'wearing someone else's glasses'. I found this to be one of the perks of this book. It was extremely interesting to me to view an exact scene being someone else. I imagine it was quite a challenge to Ms. Quinn, but I feel she accomplished this feat wonderfully. I enjoyed this book almost as well as its predecessor. Great job. I will continue to buy everything Julia Quinn writes.

I enjoyed reading the story from a different point of view. It was fun to find out what was going on with the other characters of the book. At times it felt I was reading the book I just finished last week, but not so much that it was intolerable. The fun thing, one book doesn't have to be read before the other and you do get a nice ending.

This was a good read, however if you read the book before this one, you will know exactly what is going to happen. She tells the exact same store just from different characters points of view. It was a very good store the first time I read about the new Duke and it was a good read learning about the current Duke.

This was a really good book to read. It was a fast read and made you Root for the characters.

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Bah, not a good one from Ms. Quinn.

another good one from Julia Quinn

Quinn is always good for an enjoyable story and strong characters with some humor.

This book is the retelling of The Lost Duke of Wyndham, but from Thomas & Amelia's point of view. Some people were bored with the retelling, but I found it very interesting. Thomas and Amelia are very likeable characters and the end of the book was very romantic. I highly recommend this book.

I have read every book written by Julia Quinn and will continue to do so...I just love her! I can't wait until her next book hits the shelves.

Excellent author, excellent book!

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