Reviewed by: Avid-ReaderOrWriter

Book title: The Duke's Reluctant Bride 

Author's name: ShigureShinyGaze

Cover- I love the cover however I would recommend that you change the title to a bigger font, or change the color. You want a title to stand out in a book. You should keep the glowing hue to it but maybe choose a different color and make it bigger. It was a little hard at first to see the title.

Rate- 9/10

Title- Your title is pretty good....however, I did notice by chapter four, Adeline didn't seem as reluctant to leave the duke? She's only reluctant to marry Lucien in the first couple of chapters. I would change the title to encompass the whole book. Try to some up the plot of the whole book in a few words.

Rate- 5/10

Blurb- Overall, you did a pretty good job on your blurb! I love how you dedicated a paragraph to each main character, tell of their troubles they have to face and then you wrote a paragraph about them together. I love that technique. However, the blurb is a little bit long. This is solely up to you but I would try to condense the paragraphs into shorter ones, just giving the reader enough information to understand what the story is about. You can't give away too much information about them or the reader won't want to read it after knowing all about them. It's almost like giving the readers a sneak peak of what to expect.

Rate- 8/10

Plot- In general, I'm a lover of fantasy and romance....and guess what, you combine both of them wonderfully! A few things I would recommend you to do however is to clarify who's POV you're talking about. I was a little confused when you switched from Adeline's point of view to Lucien to Rose. It took a little for me to realize that character POVs changed in the next chapter so I would title who's POV it is. The other thing isn't too big of a deal but I would make the chapters shorter by just dividing them into more chapters. Most chapters in an average novel are only 4-7 min long but some of your chapters were almost 14 min long! I don't know about other readers but sometimes when you're sitting around waiting or something like that, they just want to read a short chapter not some long one. The main purpose for a chapter is to be able to find a good ending point until you can read again. Again, not too big of a deal but just for the convenience of other readers it is recommended. The originality of this storyline isn't new, there are many other stories with the same storyline and plot. Of course it is nearly impossible to try to come up with a whole new and different storyline, it is possible to add your own plot twists and changes. I would recommend that you try to add a few new aspects to your story, like add a major plot twist or something like that.

Rate- 8/10

Character development- I love the dynamic between Adeline and Lucien. Adeline is like the summer; bubbly, cheery, and sweet. And Lucien is like the winter; cold, distant, and emotionless. But as I got deeper into the story, I realized that Lucien isn't the cold-hearted duke everyone thought him to be. Even our Adeline doubted him at first. I loved watching Adeline come to respect Lucien and how Lucien slowly but surely opened up to her. You can definitely see there is something between them. I would have to read more to get a good grasp on how they develop through the story but you have a pretty strong beginning here.

Rate- 10/10

Grammar- A lot of authors have trouble when it comes to grammar (😅including me sometimes) but you did a very good job here. A lot of people struggle with keeping their verb tenses in the same tense and throughout the 7 chapters I reviewed, I didn't find a single mistake concerning that topic. There were a few teeny-tiny typos but nothing to worry about or point out.

Rate- 10/10

Final rate- 85/100

Final note- Thank you for choosing me as your reviewer, I enjoyed the book a lot. I recommend you to divide your chapters into shorter chapters, condense your blurb to be a bit smaller and clarify whose point of view the reader will be reading in and perhaps you should add a few plot twists and twists and turns to make this stand out from other novels similar to this. And consider changing your title to something more fitting. Good job and keep up the good work!!

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