Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Beauty and the Blacksmith

Their mutual crush was so adorable. I really liked how honest Diana was about her feelings.
Aaron was so gentle and sweet with her. I wish we got more moments between them.

What I didn’t like:

Abrupt ending, I really wish that we got an epilogue of some kind after how much was going to change for them.

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dropshift5568's review

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hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.25

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martamae77's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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friends2lovers's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

I don’t have much to say about this novella. It was fine, nothing special. I usually laugh out loud while reading Dare, but this wasn't very amusing and veered too silly at times. Most of the books in this series have been pretty meh. A part of me is wondering if I should just give up on it? But, I’ve heard books 4 and 5 are favorites for a lot of people. So, I’m going to hang in there and keep reading.

Series: Spindle Cove #3.5

Genre: Historical Romance

Setting: Regency era, March 1815? (a specific year isn’t mentioned but A Week to be Wicked was set in April 1814 and A Lady by Midnight was set in summer 1814)

Hero: Aaron Dawes, the village blacksmith, age 27

Heroine: Diana Highwood, age 24

Point-of-View: 3rd person, past tense, alternating between Aaron and Diana

Tropes/Themes: class difference, secret relationship, pining hero and heroine, working class hero

Format/Edition: ebook (borrowed from MCLS via Hoopla), published in 2013

Length: novella, 162 pages, 47k words (or about 104 pages, 30k words if excluding the excerpts from other Tessa Dare books at the end)

Read Date: July 3, 2022

Heat Index: 3 🌡️🌡️🌡️

2 moderately explicit sex scenes — slow burn!

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ylime620's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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jenna36's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

If this had been a full length novel it would have been 5 stars. From book 1 of Spindle Cove I have been waiting for this pair. As Mrs. Highwood would say, my intuition was right! Aaron Dawes is sweet, kind and respectful to Diana. And as Diana moves past her delicate health, she discovers that she is ready to find real love and move past her mother's expectations for her. Honestly I think that Aaron might be my favorite male hero in all of the Spindle Cove books so far. Also the reveal of Mr. Evermoore was incredible. I love the charming chaos of a good Spindle Cove ending.

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joufancyhuh's review

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fast-paced

4.0

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