How to Romance a Rake: Ugly Duckling Trilogy Series, Book 2

Manda Collins adds just enough mystery to her romances to keep you listening and wanting more. I can't wait to pick up the next book.

Flosnik does a good job in performing the story to keep your attention.

I always like a happy ending even it there are twists and turns of doubt in middle of the story. I enjoyed this book.

I did not read the printed version but the audio version is wonderful. Enough humor and intrigue to keep me hooked even though I should have been do something other than listening to a book. I just couldn't stop listening to it. I can't wait for the next one to come out.

Maybe the historical romances by Eloisa James or Julie Garwood because it has steamy romance, humor, and intrigue.

She was perfect - all of the different voices and emotions were obvious and it was easy to really "feel" the different characters.

YES

It was so nice to read a romance where the heroine isn't too stubborn and with a "prim and way too proper" attitude. Well worth the money and credit - I want to listen to it all over again!

My primary complaint about the first novel in this series is that I didn't get to know the characters as well as I would have liked. This book really pointed out that weakness. In the first book we had no idea about Julia's physical condition but that was the primary element in this book. I felt I was kept in the dark just so the author could surprise me. I'm not sure I care for that approach.

Had I not read the first book, I would have given this one five stars because it is really a strong and entertaining story. Now I feel I know the characters better, although now I know who will be the hero and heroine in the next book and feel like I've been purposely left in the dark about them as well.

This is really a sequel to 'How To Marry A Duke", although you can enjoy this one without having listened to the first. I like the first one a little better, liked the female lead better in that one. But, I did like this story more and more as it went along. This narrator has long pauses, had to get used to that again. The female characters were a little annoying, especially the friends of Julianne. But, the story line improved and the last half was the best part. If you like historical romances you would enjoy this.

I really enjoyed this series! I was glad that the whispersync was available and ate it up! The characters are wonderful and very believable. Juliet is forced to go unnoticed on the fringes of the ballroom by her tyrannical mother. When her mother is suddenly pushing her to marry a creeper, she decides she must change her situation and break out of her shell. She reaches this decision just when her dear friend goes missing, which she feels obligated to investigate (and rescue her friends abandoned daughter). There are many twists and turns in the plot. Excellent story and of course, I have never regretted Flosnik as a narrator. Well worth the credit (or whispersync buy)