NetGalley Review: The Duke Effect by Sophie Jordan

This was a very quick and enjoyable read.  The main characters were both interesting and relatively well developed.  The fair protagonist strikes that nice chord of being a woman ahead of her time while still finding sweeping romantic love.  I think I may have become more invested had I read the previous books, I think there is a lot of backstory that may have filled in some gaps.  That said, this reads well as a standalone featuring many romance classics.  The tale does require a small suspension of disbelief (the love potion sub-plot took this to the very edge of silly), but that is the great thing about fiction: love potion tropes work just fine!  I have the previous books on my holds list and look forward to reading more in this series.