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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
Please give me 100 more romances with a virginal awkward hero and an experienced flirty heroine. I loved this so much. Beverly Jenkins is a treasure.
I loved how two 8 year old girls kicked off this romance. Such a sweet story.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Every single time I pick up a BJ book I know I am going to get me a kick but heroine. She never disappoints. I love how BJ writes smart no nonsense kick butt women. I love how I as a woman of color who happens to live historical romance gets to hear or read those stories. I am always. Learning something new in her stories. I am so thank that I get to experience them.
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first Beverly Jenkins and I’m officially a member of her fan club. Gosh this was amazing. The way Jenkins writes desire and the kind of infatuation that eventually blooms into love was everything.
Miss Lorelei!?!!! What a woman. My goodness I love her. And Jake?? What a guy. He needed someone like Lor to help “loosen his spurs” a bit. And those angels Be and De?!!?? Perfect little pumpkins, I loved them.
Miss Lorelei!?!!! What a woman. My goodness I love her. And Jake?? What a guy. He needed someone like Lor to help “loosen his spurs” a bit. And those angels Be and De?!!?? Perfect little pumpkins, I loved them.
Superb romantic leads and chemistry, Beverly Jenkins has always excelled at conjuring up heroines and heroes who are believably dimensional with undeniable charm, and Loreli +Jake in A Chance at Love might take the crown as the best pairing I've read from her thus far — the conservative, yet earnest hero interacting with a worldly, fire-cracker personality of the heroine generated many hilarious scenes (the outcome from their first physical act after a lengthy romantic tension was hilarious and true-to-character!) as well as tenderly emotional ones. This novel is pick-up worthy just for the character work alone.
Plot-wise, I thoroughly enjoyed the small town shenanigans, as well as the historical facts sprinkled throughout (Beverly Jenkins can get side-tracked by being overly generous with laying out her research, but the balance in this novel felt just right). Unfortunately, the last 10-15% of the novel took a turn, with a hastily-introduced antagonist becoming its focal point (a character I assumed previously to be merely a mention in one scene), and the resolution to the romance that felt very temporary with many conflicts unresolved. This 'closing-a-story-with-an-action-set piece' has been a template executed across a couple novels of hers I've read, it is too bad it has always stuck out like narrative sore thumb in an otherwise perfectly told tale.
Still, this might be my new favorite Beverly Jenkins novel, despite the absence of a fitting finale. My previous favorite has been Topaz, which in the Afterword was mentioned to have character overlap with this one, so that's a pleasant nugget of information!
***Historical Hellions Book Club | Octorber 2024 Selection***
Plot-wise, I thoroughly enjoyed the small town shenanigans, as well as the historical facts sprinkled throughout (Beverly Jenkins can get side-tracked by being overly generous with laying out her research, but the balance in this novel felt just right). Unfortunately, the last 10-15% of the novel took a turn, with a hastily-introduced antagonist becoming its focal point (a character I assumed previously to be merely a mention in one scene), and the resolution to the romance that felt very temporary with many conflicts unresolved. This 'closing-a-story-with-an-action-set piece' has been a template executed across a couple novels of hers I've read, it is too bad it has always stuck out like narrative sore thumb in an otherwise perfectly told tale.
Still, this might be my new favorite Beverly Jenkins novel, despite the absence of a fitting finale. My previous favorite has been Topaz, which in the Afterword was mentioned to have character overlap with this one, so that's a pleasant nugget of information!
***Historical Hellions Book Club | Octorber 2024 Selection***