Talk:Desire & Decorum, Book 2/@comment-38496860-20190318185900/@comment-38496860-20190320131809

That's my exact situation. The only LI who wouldn't have some kind of estate for you to go to would be Mr Harper, but even then, Grovershire seemed like a nice place where MC was quite happy.

I don't find the Duke enjoyable at all. At the end of book one, I went into this one really hoping this engagement wouldn't take up the entire book. I wanted to get to explore an engagement and wedding planning with my LI. I know that's not as dramatic, but I would have liked it, and there would probably still be drama. If Briar and Mr. Marlcaster want to be together, Henrietta would undoubtedly be fighting with that, and I could work on trying to help them.

This is the most trouble I've ever had believing the MCs motivations and decisions in any of their books.

I may be spoiled slightly as a D&D player, having much greater freedom, where my choices are not pre-programmed. And with my husband running most of the D&D games, he knows players need some victories, not just one setback after another. And leaving someone in such a miserable situation for so long just isn't fun for anybody.

I loved book one here, and I was really looking forward to being able to get to openly be with Mr. Sinclair. I don't even look forward to the new chapters here anymore, knowing I'll have maybe 2 minutes with LI, and more than half the thing looking at the Duke's revolting face.