*2 the movie was waaaay better stars*



This wasn't what I was hoping it would be.

Since this is a very obvious retelling of the beloved romcom While You Were Sleeping, it’s hard not to draw comparisons while reading this. And this fell very short in comparison unfortunately. It's a regency interpretation of the story so of course some things were obviously tweaked but Sophie Jordan missed the beats and hit the wrong notes. And the things she did change I honestly wish she hadn't.

The coma aspect didn't bother me because again.....the movie. Is it farfetched for a historical? Yup, you bet. But I was expecting that before reading this. You kind of have to suspend belief for this part especially if you are familiar with the movie, and this particular author's usual writing formulas. For me though, it was everything else that was a bigger issue.

First thing, I did not the heroine Poppy.

This girl is no Lucy Moderatz let me just get that out there. She's a shopgirl who is struggling to make ends meet to provide for her and her younger sister. She has a starry-eyed crush on Marcus, the Duke of Attenbury, who comes in to buy flowers for his countless paramours every week. A point which seems to just fly right over her head (a recurring theme here). Oh no, her Duke is a perfect gentleman. He's kind, generous and has a good heart.

Who is a complete stranger.



Who she knows NOTHING about.

But more on that later........

Overall I found Poppy lacked compassion, kindness and just substance of any kind. I don’t think she was very dimensional and not enough effort was put into showing readers how & why she's considered sweet, "guileless" (
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