You also need to read & listen to our joy and pleasure. Your anti-racism work should be more than learning about oppression and discrimination. I saw Nichole Perkins’ tweet right before I started reading The Duke Who Didn’t and it felt very appropriate for the book. A lot of what I have to say about the way Jeremy and Chloe choose joy gets spoilery, so if anyone wants to have a conversation after you’ve read the book, I am ready. Instead, Jeremy chooses joy over conformity and Chloe chooses Jeremy over perfection. There is a subversive power in choosing joy. A wife who is committed to mild revenge on my behalf, however, who makes the neighbors feel that they have no choice but to treat me with respect? That’s who I want.” A wife who took their side over mine would be intolerable. My wealthy neighbors will always know that I am half-Chinese. Being wealthy does not stop me from being half-Chinese.
Jeremy loves her exactly as she is, even though she is certain she in not what he needs.
She can also pivot on a dime to shape events to fit her needs and desires. She is demanding of herself and others, and an anxious perfectionist frozen by uncertainty. Chloe has her lists, her plans, her burning desire for revenge, and the sheer force of her will. One of the constant joys of Courtney Milan is her delight in difficult women. How had she forgotten this about him? She was going to get her first kiss from an absolute jackass, and she didn’t even regret it.” (He is actually very serious, thoughtful and intentional, but with jokes.)Ĭhloe is certain he is going to leave again, but while he’s here and making a nuisance of himself, he might as well be useful. At last he has given up, come back, and wants Chloe to love him as he is – seriously not serious.
He has been trying to figure out how to be serious for Chloe for three years. Jeremy went away when his romance with Chloe was about to blossom because she asked him to be serious. She is getting ready to launch a sauce empire with her father, just as soon as she come up with the perfect name for the sauce, and she has too much to do getting ready for Wedgeford’s weekend festival. The reward for the reader is great.Ĭhloe Fong has a list and Jeremy Yu isn’t on it. If she wants to go the Beyoncé method and drop a book at midnight when she’s ready I will be there. I am all in favor of whatever she needs to do to keep the joy in her writing. Before most people knew anything about this book, Courtney Milan tweeted that she was wanted to find the joy in writing again, so she kept this book a secret. This book is about joy and belonging and community, but mostly sheer joy. I sat with The Duke Who Didn’t for almost two weeks after reading it because I had so many thoughts and feelings about it.
I received an advance reader copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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