Review: Dirty English by Ilsa Madden-Mills

A scarred fighter.
A girl with rules.
One night of unbridled passion.

There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Bennett: she’s smart as a whip, always in control, and lives by a set of carefully crafted rules. She’s learned the hard way that people you love the most always hurt you in the end.

But then she meets Declan Blay, the new neighbor at her apartment complex.

A tattooed British street fighter, he’s the campus bad boy she’s supposed to avoid, but when he saves her from a frat party gone bad, all her rules about sex and love fly out the window.

She gives him one night of unbridled passion, but he longs for more.

With only a cardboard-thin wall separating their bedrooms, he dreams of possessing the vulnerable girl next door forever.

One night. Two damaged hearts. The passion of a lifetime.

*a modern love story inspired by Pride and Prejudice*

Dirty English left me with happy tears. It was a beautiful story with the perfect amount of angst and heartache that made the ending fulfilling. 

"I don't believe in the perfect woman, just the right woman. Elizabeth knows she isn't perfect, but neither is Darcy. They're both flawed people who are at times too proud to admit their own true feeling- hence the title."


Elizabeth Bennett life was destroyed, she takes her life back by creating a strict no relationship rule.

"It was about control. My choice. My Rules."

She has control until she meets Declan Blay. He has the power to pull at her heart strings. When Elizabeth begins to open up her heart, her past comes back to haunt her and she runs for cover.

Declan Blay's heart was recovering from previous relationship. He decides it is best to focus on his fighting because women only get in the way. He's "Dangerous. Sexy. Trouble.". He finds himself falling for the one woman who has  locked up her heart and put away the key.

When their worlds collide they must both find away to move past their fears and insecurities in order to find true love.

I really enjoyed the story. Ilsa Madden-Mills brought the characters and their struggles to life. It was difficult to put the book down, each chapter draws you further and further in. It's a emotional ride worth ever page.