Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham Series #2)

A total waste of my hard-earned money!

I am a great fan of Julia Quinn and the first book, The Lost Duke of Wyndham was very entertaining. I expected the sequel to be about Thomas and was so excited when I bought it. I started reading and I actually went and found the first book in my stash as I thought I was mistaken and had already bought this one. Over three hundred pages later and rereading the exact same plot as the first book, I finally get something new at the very end of the last 40 pages. This book should never have been published and I feel really ripped off for spending $7.99 to reread the plot of the first book. Don't buy it!

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Very disapointing...

I love Julia Quinn books, own every one she has ever written...But I have to say this is the worst Quinn novel I have ever read...I have never given any of her books less then 4 stars, but this one I could barely give 2. If, like me you are a Quinn fan and you feel you have to read this book, get it from the library so you won't feel like you wasted your money...

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Waste of Money

This book is the same book as The lost Duke of Wyndham (the previous novel to this one). It is the same dialogie and is just the persepctive of the overthrown duke for the lost heir and his promised fiance. It is their relationship and it is the same scences and dialogue with perspective changes. Horrible , horrible read!

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Not her best

I agree with majority of other reviews. I didn't bother reading The Lost Duke because of the bad reviews. I did buy this one and I kind of regret it. There wasn't enough insight into the characters and I didn't feel any real passion between them. And without reading its predecessor, I could still tell the books were greatly overlapping each other. Other authors have done this and I'm sure publishers are the root evil. Even the romance scene wasn't that romantic.

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Wasted money!

Why would I purchase the same story twice?! If you've read 'The Lost Duke of Wyndham', then don't waste your precious time. This story is from Thomas's and Amelia's point of view, but so what? I had to reread the Wyndham's quest for proof of dukedom all over again, from beginning to end. It was very lacking, as was reading 'The Lost Duke of Wyndham'. I've been looking for a repeat performance as that of 'The Secret Diaries of Miranda Cheever', but to no avail.

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Don't waste your money... just skim the last 50 pages at the bookstore.

I know they were meant to be companion books, but I was shocked at how much duplication there was between this book and its predecessor, The Lost Duke of Wyndham. I reread the first book before buying this one, thinking it would refresh my memory as to the story so far. Little did I know that the 'story so far' was going to be the same story told again, word for word in many places! The vast majority of the dialog was identical to that of the first book. True, it was seen from a different point-of-view, but since both perspectives were generally in the same room, it was hardly revealing. I can only suppose that there was originally just one book, but someone got greedy and thought they could make some bucks by selling the side story separately. Other than a couple of kissing scenes, the only new story was in the last 50 pages. It would have rounded out the first book nicely, or it could have been a free online bonus, but to sell it as a separate book is a scam. Very disappointing.

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Listen to all of the reviews! It's stunning this was published

Listen to all of the reviews! It's stunning this was published as a separate novel. It would have been better if the first book had been given a few more pages and integrated the story of Thomas and Amelia into it. This was a complete waste. Even though it's told from Thomas and Amelia's point of view, you can skip to Chapter 20 if you want to get to the new part. The rest is a complete rehash of The Lost Duke of Wyndham, a lot of it word for word. Disappointing. I would have assumed this book began where the last left off. I agree with the other reviewers that this book is not worth spending money on - read this book or the first in the series. You do not need to read and buy both.

Repeat book and story

I am a huge Julua Quinn fan love all of her books. This is the same exact story with the same exact characters as " The Lost Duke of Wyndym" and this book "Mr. Cavendish, I Presume". The only difference she tells the thoughts of the two different couple in each story. It has the same conversations and everything that happens in one happens innthe other until the last 2 chapters that are actually about the couple that the book is suppose to be about. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON BUYING BOTH BOOKS JUST GET THE CHEAPER ONE OR BORROW IT FROM YOUR NEAREST LIBRARY

Good for beginners

Ive been reading romance novels for a good amount of time now. About six years. And once you read that many all of them start to become the same. And others are no longer descritive enough or writtn a preferred wa. In this case i felt like it was rushed. And he founf out he loved her way too randomly. The romance didnt really develop that strongly. And i question his affection a bit. The plot story is very interesting but the stry itself is lacking. But if you are new to historical romanc it may be good for you. Becse i probably would have enjiyed it back then. But it was only oka. I skipped a lot an was still able to predict the outome.

Great read

Worth the purchase

Great book

Really good book

I think we all just got ripped off.

Copy and paste of first book! 230 pages, 200 of them were read in the first of the series-and the romance was not even skin deep, the only feelings I have developed from this book are irritation at the author.

One book for the price of two!

This book is supposed to be the second in the series, but actually is the same as the first. You have to get past page 322 to get to a different story. It is like she took the first book, copied it in WORD and then added points of view from another pair in the book. I like Julia Quinn novels, and will keep reading her novels. But I suggest you don't get this one!

Do not recommend

I was so disappointed. It was like reading the first book ( Two Dukes of Wyndham) but just at the point of view of Amelia and Mr Cavendish. Would not recommend. :-(

Enjoyable, but Hero needed to get a clue!

The neat thing about Mr. Cavendish, I Presume is that it tells the same story as The Lost Duke of Wyndham but from a different perspective. The first book, TLDOF told the story from Jack Audley's and Grace Eversleigh's points of view. Now MCIP is told from Thomas Cavendish's and Amelia Willoughby's points of view. Thomas may or may not be the Duke of Wyndham since Jack Audley is his cousin of whom no one knew existed. Thomas will travel with an entourage of people to discover if indeed Jack's parent's marriage is legitimate and if so then Thomas will no longer be the Duke. To make matters even more complicated Thomas has been engaged to Lady Amelia Willoughby since they were young children. Thomas has put off his responsibility in marrying her and now that he finds she may not be his intended he discovers that he is more bothered by that fact than actually losing his title.

What I liked. Julia Quinn does a very good job of showing instead of telling the story. There are a lot of really great scenes between Amelia and Thomas where they are open and frank with each other. I liked that Amelia has a backbone where Thomas is concerned and decides she is tired of waiting around for him. Her impulsive nature is good for Thomas because he is too serious and stuffy most of the time. I thought it was interesting that Ms. Quinn decided to write the same story but using different perspectives. It was neat to see the same scene being played out but getting a different view of it.

What I didn't like. I had some issues with Thomas. I hated that he kept Amelia waiting and took her for granted. His indifference was hurting Amelia and because he was so self absorbed it took him a while to see that. It also took Thomas a painfully long time to realize that if he wants Amelia then he needs to go after her and win her affection. Basically, Thomas was such a Nob! The good thing is that at least Thomas grows throughout the story.

Sweet story of a nobel man and his betrothed

I read this book assuming it was a continuation of the Lost Duke of Wyndham. It's not. It the story of the Duke that lost his position to the cousin. Its pretty much the same story except its told through Thomas eyes. Its not bad but not what I expected. If you like Jane Austin you'll like this book.

Not worth the time to read it.

If you have read the first book in this series, don't bother with this one. I love Julia Quinn's books, but this isn't worth the time. It feels like she took the first book, copied/pasted it between a new cover and added a few additional scenes from Mr. Cavendish's point of view. Not enough though, to make me feel like I'm reading a different book. Not a winner

Not her best

I felt that she just threw this book together. I got bored easily with it and couldn't wait to get to the end. It was the same as its sequel, not much different. It did pick up a little toward the end. I am a julia quinn fan, I love her books, but could have done without this one.

Stunned!

I can't add anything to what has already been said about this book...except that I am stunned that the publisher and Ms Quinn would do this w/ these two books. Why didn't they just call it a "special addtion" or some other hyped up term and add the "new" information from Mr. Cavendish to the Lost Duke book - It was no more than 60 pages of new plot. Two books for one story, I am stunned - there was really no reason for it. And these were two of the most feable of female characters that I have read in a long time - nice is okay, but nice without a backbone is not. Jack's character was ok, but Thomas was a bore.

Mr. Cavendish was not as good as I presumed. . .

I didn't realize until after reading it that it was a type of sequel. I have yet to secure the first book, telling the story of the new duke and his grandmother's companion. The characters of the original duke and his lifelong betrothed were interesting, but this book lacked the depth I usually see in Julia Quinn's writings.