The Formidable Earl

Diamonds In The Rough, Book 6

by Sophie Barnes

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

The sixth instalment in the Diamonds in the Rough series picks up where we left off in the last book with the mysterious bordello resident, Ida Strong being recognized and outed as the daughter of an infamous traitor. And who is the one to find our misses identity, but the one and only Earl of Fielding whom had his fiancé stolen from him by the Duke of Huntley in the first book of the series!!!

Our prim and and proper earl feels responsible for the wrong he has caused Ida, and decides to join her fight to find the true criminals that framed her father for treason.

There is a big class divide between these two, and their sparks of attraction only make it worse. Simon has a had time reconciling that in order to have anything with Ida, he needs to step down from his high horse of proper and respectable behaviour and truly accept her. I found Simon’s character and beliefs too condescending for me and I was not able to get behind him and his HEA. I love a good villain redemption story, but I just didn’t feel like he truly changed enough.

My favourite parts of the story included the return appearances of Carlton Guthrie and the Duke of Huntley. I really liked seeing them join in and though around their weight in the peerage to help out Ida and Simon. This was made more entertain, by the fact that stuffy Simin hated these men, but ending up needing help from both of them multiple times! Bonus for how classy both Huntley and Guthrie were - love those guys!

This book overall was entertaining and I enjoyed the mystery around the treason plot, the hero was just not my personal cup of tea.

The Formidable Earl by Sophie Barnes is scheduled to release November 24th, 2020.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Sophie Barnes through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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