Slightly Dangerous (Bedwyn Saga, #6) in Romance Series Lists

Feb 19, 2008 ChloeLeeNH rated it it was amazing

I am rereading this one. I just love it... the very Mr. Darcyish hero who tries hard to keep his Duke face and not fall for the woman who is his exact opposite. I love that he fights and fights for her all the while fighting his own instincts not to do so. That her preconceived notions finally break away. Glad I got caught up again! Wonderful!

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May 21, 2025 Dyanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance-historical, 2014, a-re-read, 2025, 5-star-2025

I just did a re-read of this book and I need to upgrade my original rating to 5⭐️. I’ve been in a bit of a reading rut lately and distracted by the news and haven’t been able to get into an6 books lately. But leave it to one of my favorite authors to lift me up and transport me back to the Bedwyn family.
Christine is such a delight and you just want her to have a happy ending and Wulfric for all is starch, seriousness and quizzing glassness just needs to relax now that all his siblings are settl ...more

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Mar 06, 2019 Shawna rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-romance-regency, format-audiobook, hero-celibate-virgin-virginesque, 2019-reads, heroine-miss-independent, heroine-plucky-lively-feisty-spunky, heroine-poor-lower-class-background, audiobook, hero-broody-moody-gruff-serious, format-source-library

3 stars - Historical Romance

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Mar 20, 2008 jenjn79 rated it liked it

Shelves: 2005, stars-3, reviewed, info-full, favs-reread, genre-romance-historical-england, series-slightly

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I first read this book over a year ago. I sort of liked it then, but didn't love it enough to go out right away and look for the other books in the series. I figured that if I ever came across them used and cheap, that I'd pick them up. It took over a year, but I eventually did and once I'd read those, I ended up rereading Slightly Dangerous. Having read the whole series, now, I think there's more to nit-pick on than I originally found.

Most of the general comments I've made about Balogh's books I first read this book over a year ago. I sort of liked it then, but didn't love it enough to go out right away and look for the other books in the series. I figured that if I ever came across them used and cheap, that I'd pick them up. It took over a year, but I eventually did and once I'd read those, I ended up rereading Slightly Dangerous. Having read the whole series, now, I think there's more to nit-pick on than I originally found.

Most of the general comments I've made about Balogh's books hold true for this one. I have to give credit, though, for the fact that there was no fake betrothal or marriage in this one, for which I was extremely glad. I might have screamed if there had been.

The biggest problem I had with this book was with Wulf himself. I said in the reviews of the previous books in the series that I just didn't really like him. He had no personality and seemed like a cold-hearted bastard. That opinion didn't really change during his own book. His character is intriguing and there was a lot of potential with him, but I think Balogh pushed his image too far. There's a line between having a mysterious, icy-cold hero with a hidden heart, and having a hero who too often comes across as a heartless bastard. More often than not, I saw Wulf as the latter. She doesn't have him bend enough to be likable, at least in my opinion. There's hints of it toward the end of the book, but not enough to make him work as a hero in a romance novel.

But the bigger problem related to that, is his image as a character completely does not work with that of Christine. She's a bubbly, light-hearted, carefree person, the utter complete opposite of Wulf. She's everything he's not. Now, having an opposite's-attract relationship is popular, and often works in books, but there's a point where having clashing personalities works, and this isn't it. Wulf and Christine don't just clash, they have completely different beliefs, actions, goals, ways of living, etc. Nothing at all about them works. When I got to the end of the book, I just had a really hard time imaging that they would be able to live a relatively harmonious marriage. An example of this would be their beliefs on raising children. Christine had a hands-on attitude. She wanted children out and about, interacting with everyone, and just being children. But Wulf didn't like the noise of them running around the house. He thought they should remain in their nursery, taken care of by nannies and whatnot, and basically being occasionally seen and rarely ever heard. This was one of Christine's biggest problems with him. Yet at the end, there was no compromise in this area. Wulf never seemed to bend enough to say that maybe having children about and playing wasn't so bad, and Christine certainly wouldn't like his viewpoint. So I was left thinking, how are they possibly going to co-exist? The pairing, in the end, was just too much of a mismatch for me.

One other thing I can think to say about this book, and really the series as a whole, is that Balogh's sex scene's have very little variety, and seem virtually interchangeable. The location may vary, but the actions and the vibe are very similar...the same foreplay, sequence of events, thoughts, words, etc. It kinda gives the impression that Balogh's not big on writing sex scenes, but as a romance writer knows they're a bit necessary and so just follows this model and plops down a sex scene.

Anyway, aside from my problems with Wulf, the book wasn't so bad. I really liked Christine, and I enjoyed the overall storyline. If Wulf had been better developed, then the book would have been pretty good. ...more

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Jan 14, 2009 Cam rated it really liked it

It was a great read, although I did want to strangle Christine for taking so damn long to say yes to poor Wulf.

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Apr 10, 2008 Christel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-reads, mary-balogh

Ok I know this is 6th on the reading list but it should have been the first to me. I really enjoyed this one. Just how Christine thaws out Wulfric's heart and emotions. Now I just have to get the rest of the series and read them in order. ...more

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