Overall, The Governess Game is an extremely soft book. She is dealing with three people who don’t have a lot of emotional skills and has to slowly draw them out of their shells.
I loved their weirdness, how Rosamund was extremely defensive of her little sister and I loved watching Alexandra work HARD to take down the walls they had built. I LOVED Daisy and Rosamund and I loved their character arcs. This is usually the part of the review where I blather on about the romance but tbh, while the romance was great, what really sold me on this book were the family dynamics. But also, unsurprisingly, he is a little softie and has a heart of gold. Certain happenings in his past have made him into a jaded person when it comes to love (and not just romantic love.) His hobbies include being sarcastic, witty and pushing people away. So yeah, Alexandra Mountbatten is awesome.Ĭhase (aka Duke of Belvoir aka Reynaud aka seducer of women) on the other hand is a little rough around the edges. I had to flip through a couple pages of the book to jog my memory and I was tempted to just re-read the book because she has such a great, distinct voice. She is bookish, extremely smart and has peculiar interests (such as CLOCKS.) She is also extremely patient, kind and all around wonderful. TBH, I feel like a broken record because I say this about a lot of heroines in a lot of books but THERE IS NO AVOIDING IT. Somehow she wounds up being the governess to Reynaud’s two wards instead. Alexandra shows up at the Duke of Belvoir’s residence to offer her services as a timekeeper.
The Governess Game follows Alexandra Mountbatten. When I first read her back in 2013? 14? I wasn’t really a fan but the Castles Ever After series completely endeared her work to me. Tessa Dare is one of those romance authors who slowly wormed her way into my heart. Soon the walls around Chase’s heart are crumbling. But Alexandra is more than he bargained for: clever, perceptive, passionate. When a stubborn little governess tries to reform him, he decides to give her an education-in pleasure. Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one rule: no attachments.
The ladies of London have tried-and failed-to make him settle down.
Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. However, the girls don’t need discipline. He’s been a bad, bad rake-and it takes a governess to teach him a lessonĪfter her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Avon in exchange for an honest review. Tuesday, OctoExtremely Soft: The Governess Game by Tessa Dare Posted by Rashika
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