Really enjoyed the slow build-up to the romance and character development in this one. This is a familiar setup for historicals, but Heath, as usual, Really enjoyed the slow build-up to the romance and character development in this one. This is a familiar setup for historicals, but Heath, as usual, makes it feel fresh and compelling....more
Julia Wolf is quickly becoming an author i can rely on to deliver romances that are full of depth and feel real. Her characyers are always beautifullyJulia Wolf is quickly becoming an author i can rely on to deliver romances that are full of depth and feel real. Her characyers are always beautifully flawed and still so loveable and easy to relate to and my favorite part about her romances is that there is always some barrier that feels impossible to over come for our couple to be together, making their HEA feel very earned.
I fell in love with both characters in this book and loved watching them fall in love. I also really enjoyed the setting and the side characters.
No complaints, this was well executed and so fun from first page to last....more
I absolutely adore Harper St. George's writing style and her carefully constructed romances that always feel so well layered, combined with an excelleI absolutely adore Harper St. George's writing style and her carefully constructed romances that always feel so well layered, combined with an excellent plot that feels so well balanced.
But this one didn't deliver on that for me. The romance is a wonderful slow burn. However, there simply wasn't enough tension to build the romance convincingly for me....more
Emily Sullivan has such a great writing style, very sharp and precisely constructed, that gives you a solid feeling of the time period while also feelEmily Sullivan has such a great writing style, very sharp and precisely constructed, that gives you a solid feeling of the time period while also feeling very approachable.
I loved the premise of this one, best friend's sister, heroine with a job (a teacher to working class girls) during the Victorian time period, and a reluctant Duke.
There were some swoony moments for sure in this one, and enough mystery to keep fans of that intrigued. But I do feel like some of the elements suffered in favor of the other, with not quite enough emphasis on each.
I'm in such awe of this author's writing. Her concepts are always so unique, her characters feel fresh and real, and her prose is clever and sometimesI'm in such awe of this author's writing. Her concepts are always so unique, her characters feel fresh and real, and her prose is clever and sometimes biting.
So much of this worked for me, but I wish we had gotten to see the falling in love a bit more....more
This was fantastic. A romance with characters in their 50s?! I haven't read anything like this and it was so refreshing to see a couple fall in love lThis was fantastic. A romance with characters in their 50s?! I haven't read anything like this and it was so refreshing to see a couple fall in love later in life who had lived a lot of life. This was beautifully done....more
This was truly painful to read. The only quality this hero had was his ability to get turned on INSTANTLY by anything the heroine did at all. That migThis was truly painful to read. The only quality this hero had was his ability to get turned on INSTANTLY by anything the heroine did at all. That might sound great,but it was truly gross and so off putting. I couldn't deal with him.
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This had a good setup for a Christmas romance. He's grumpy, stupid rich, hates Christmas, and he's British (important because the heroine finds this SThis had a good setup for a Christmas romance. He's grumpy, stupid rich, hates Christmas, and he's British (important because the heroine finds this SUPER HOT). She loves Christmas but is down on her luck with nothing but a ton of debt and the bakery and Christmas tree farm her father left her when he died.
The romance was not my favorite at all, with little to it other than how horny they were for each other.
The Christmas vibes, bakery descriptions, gingerbread house contest, and just the brothers in general were the highlight. This is the prequel set up to what will be a new series from the author.
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