Reader experience: 
 Hmmm. What to say. I liked this...at times. This is my 3rd Rodale book, and while her stories/ideas are there her writing is very very rough. The POVs and characters are not fully developed, the world building is an afterthought and so flat. The POV shifts are hard to follow where sometimes you aren't even sure whose POV you are reading about. And the internal dialogue is confusing at times because you aren't sure if the characters are speaking in hypothetical or describing something that is actually happening in real time. And that annoyed me to no end. #petpeeve The number of times this happened while reading was countless. Everything just blurs and blends together. There seems to be a whole lot of telling rather than showing. The long winded repetitive inner monologues just dragged everything down especially in the second half with all the repetitive info dumping. How many times do I need to be reminded that the marriage contract has been signed? Or what good honorable gentlemen do? I mean... enough. 
 Similar to her other books, there were weird grammar choices and typos and use of modern language. I felt there wasn't much thought put into the world building and correct language for a Regency era. There was a very good attempt at it, but it came off very very forced and thin. I think a big part of that had to do with the limited range of expressions and words used. Dear Rodale: if you want to make the dialogue sound formal and somewhat historically accurate, there are plenty of other words besides 'upon' to describe action. The number of times the word upon is used in here is insane and most of the time very clunky. This kinda drove me crazy because it kept popping up everywhere and used so awkwardly. Also the dramatic dialogue almost straddles to juvenile and hammy in some areas. But the most distracting and annoying thing are the endless repetitive lists and giving titles to the most absurd & silly things. Ex: The One, a Good Man, a Serious Discussion, a Civilized Gentleman, a Noble Sacrifice, Writing Girl Sophie ...etc. so on and so on. What was the point of this? Add a dramatic flare? Not necessary. By far probably the weirdest writing quirk I've seen so far. It just didn't add anything or make sense in the context it's used. 
 I guess if it wasn't for the writing I would have enjoyed it more. No that's a lie. The bullheaded stubborn stiff-lipped hero Brandon got on my nerves too. This guy really needed to unclench and stop talking in circles. I found some of the reasons why nobody wanted to put an end to the 'Wedding of the Year' too much and could easily have been resolved. Brandon played dramatic martyr too much for my liking, at one point even saying his decision would effect his decision making in parliament and England will fall apart if he makes one selfish decision in following his heart. 
 Good grief. I liked him enough in the beginning and he has great chemistry with the heroine but he really tested my patience with how long it took him to actually accept and admit he is marrying the wrong girl and in love with Sophie. I needed him or at least his shy, dutiful fiance Clarissa to SPEAK UP and say something. I actually liked the triangle here and the difficult situation all parties involved deal with. Sure Sophie is falling for an unavailable guy but she took into consideration Clarissa's feelings or I should say non feelings so it didn't bother me. I saw some readers were conflicted over her actions/feelings given her own history with being cheated on and jilted, but in this case the hero's fiance has no feelings for the hero and falls in love with someone else herself and Clarissa is very aware of what's going on and doesn't seem to care and befriends Sophie in the process so I can't really be angry with Sophie. *shrug* But the endless sighing and 'oh isn't he the BEST' mooning did get to be too much but the MCs had chemistry, I just wish the intimate moments were shown more rather than told.