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hammock_and_read's review against another edition
4.0
This is a cute book about life in a small town with a renaissance faire. Emily is a the helpful aunt that volunteers to help her niece out by being the adult and is the pulled into a summer at the red faire. There is drama as on the of leads is Simon the hot English teacher who is a pain to Emily most of the summer.
There are a lot of adorable moments between Emily and Simon and the banter is wonderful. It made me want to go to one just to see all of this play out. The character are fun and you will root hard for Emily to get the HEA.
There are a lot of adorable moments between Emily and Simon and the banter is wonderful. It made me want to go to one just to see all of this play out. The character are fun and you will root hard for Emily to get the HEA.
lolloreads00's review
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
avocado_fairy's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
thetayloredpage's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
domicspinnwand's review against another edition
4.0
Doch, das war recht gute Unterhaltung und das Setting des "Renaissance-Marktes" war mal was anderes. Muss ich jetzt aber unbedingt die anderen Bücher der Reihe auch noch hören? Ich weiß nicht - nicht wirklich dringend. Auch wenn es jetzt nicht übermäßig viele "explizite" Sex-Szenen gab (etwas, was ich ja gar nicht mag) - wieso der Mann im Kilt solche erotischen Begeisterungsstürme auslöst, kann ich nicht so recht nachvollziehen. Und so 100% warm geworden bin ich weder mit Emily noch mit dem Love Interest Simon. Stacey wurde aus meiner Sicht als übertrieben oberflächlich und naiv dargestellt, das Gleiche gilt für den Kilt-Träger. Über Chris und auch über Emilys Schwester hätte ich dagegen gern mehr erfahren.
Insgesamt hat mich die Geschichte aber gut unterhalten - ideal für eine Sommerlektüre, weil die Handlung ja auch während der Sommermonate stattfindet. Klar weiß man in diesem Genre von Anfang an, dass sich die beiden am Ende "kriegen", das hat mich auch nicht weiter gestört. Das Setting beim Mittelalter-Markt war mal was anderes, und die Vorleserin macht ihren Job sehr ordentlich, von der höre ich gerne noch mehr. Allerdings werde ich - falls ich überhaupt in der Reihe weitermache - erstmal ein bissle Pause machen.
Ich würde sagen, es hat für knapp 4 von 5 Sternen gereicht, einfach, weil ich weder Emily noch Simon so 100% mochte.
Insgesamt hat mich die Geschichte aber gut unterhalten - ideal für eine Sommerlektüre, weil die Handlung ja auch während der Sommermonate stattfindet. Klar weiß man in diesem Genre von Anfang an, dass sich die beiden am Ende "kriegen", das hat mich auch nicht weiter gestört. Das Setting beim Mittelalter-Markt war mal was anderes, und die Vorleserin macht ihren Job sehr ordentlich, von der höre ich gerne noch mehr. Allerdings werde ich - falls ich überhaupt in der Reihe weitermache - erstmal ein bissle Pause machen.
Ich würde sagen, es hat für knapp 4 von 5 Sternen gereicht, einfach, weil ich weder Emily noch Simon so 100% mochte.
danielle233's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
brinastewart's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-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
4.0
However, this was so cute and sweet. It made me look forward to going to my Ren Faire this year. I love the enemies to lovers/bad first impression to lovers that give me the feels of P&P.
This does have some heat but for my regular steamy/spicy readers, this is barely there, not really descriptive scenes. One main and a mini one and that is all. For my middle steamy readers, you'll love this, and for my don't like steamy... there will be a couple of small places you will skip over and unfortunately there is a little dialouge in the steam but again there isn't too much description in the scene.
I would love more Simon and Emily and just might have to read the other books just to siphon what little is given of these two in the other books.
This does have some heat but for my regular steamy/spicy readers, this is barely there, not really descriptive scenes. One main and a mini one and that is all. For my middle steamy readers, you'll love this, and for my don't like steamy... there will be a couple of small places you will skip over and unfortunately there is a little dialouge in the steam but again there isn't too much description in the scene.
I would love more Simon and Emily and just might have to read the other books just to siphon what little is given of these two in the other books.
elizabeth12's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
I thought this was a really cute romcom, and I really enjoyed the Ren Faire setting. I didn't enjoy the enemies to lovers part of this book. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but once the Simon and Emily got past that, it was a lot more enjoyable. I loved the Simon's pirate character.