My rating: 4.5/5 stars
I developed an obsession with this series, and nothing will stop me from finishing it. It’s extremely addictive, just like a soap opera, and even though there are things I find very annoying about the plot and characters, I can’t help but move from one book to the other, completely fascinated.
“The Unwanted Marriage” is the third book from the Windsor Series and follows Dion and Faye, who have an extremely complicated relationship since book 2. Even when Luca and Valentina were fighting for their HEA, Dion and Faye were fighting all the time, so it was fun seeing them. I was very curious how they got there to begin with.
Dion and Faye have an age gap of 10 years, and they have been engaged since like forever. Because of this, Dion kept his distance, always travelling and not keeping contact with Faye. In the meantime, Faye’s family has been crafting her as the perfect wife to fit all of Dion’s pleasures and desires. She became a well-known pianist because his mother loved the piano, so mainly, her personality and all of her traits were erased to please Dion. Because of that, Faye craved independence, and she engaged in a relationship with another man, while being theoretically promised to Dion.
This will set the plot and Dion’s reactions towards Faye, because he will get jealous and realize what exactly he missed all this time.
The book was very emotional and full of red flags that put a lot of pressure on our characters. Dion was feeling extremely guilty about a certain event that happened in the past, while Faye was a victim of abuse by her father. They were all flawed and misunderstood, and the situation they were both put in was awful. The guilt that burned in Dion’s heart, the abuse Faye experienced by her father, the way her stepmother and step-sisters treated and used her, and the way she was not allowed to have a life were tragic. You just don’t know who to care for first. ☹
Their relationship at first felt a little too rushed, again with the instant love struck element, but afterwards it began to feel more real, developing in a way that actually felt good to read and to follow. I liked Dion more because I understood his grief, but my heart also cried for Faye and for what happened to her, and even though she made mistakes and confused Dion, I understood her motives. Her journey towards empowerment was amazing and well written; it was not only Dion who helped there. She managed to empower herself by growing in confidence, accepting her reality, and loving herself as a woman.
So please read the series, because it will take you by the hand and lead you towards so many emotions that you will not stop at anything to finish it.
Ramonisme 