I definitely preferred the second half of 'Love is a Rogue'. The plot became more progressive and the subplots and romance took centre stage.

The first half was all centred around the events of the first chapter in which the lead couple meet, which is fine but it felt too repetitive. They met and then spent the next half of the book regurgitating that one meeting. I grew a little bored of it, especially as neither Ford nor Beatrice had much emotional development during this period. In fact, Beatrice actively annoyed me. She did feel too snooty and aloof, it was only after the halfway point that she came out of her shell and opened herself to the reader as well as Ford.  Lady needed a serious chill pill.

I did like Ford, he was charming and his physical attributes were well described so I could picture his strong forearms and winning smile. There is nothing I love more than rolled up shirt sleeves. The relationship was fairly well paced and it progressed naturally, initially a physical attraction that ended up leading to the cheesy declarations of love. But I felt it had an ebb and flow, at times it felt unemotional and flat as though they had no real connection except to exist for the book, then there would be a section that was really emotional and I felt the connection and I wondered what I had been thinking to consider it unemotional, but then the next event would be quite flat again. I actually found their sexual build up quite sizzling but the actual horizontal jogging a bit meh