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knitnetic's review
4.0
To be honest, I only wish that Ms. Boyle had built up to this story in the other books of the series. This story had all the potential to be a crowning masterpiece of the series, and instead it was just a moderately satisfactory snack.
...at least I still have Harry and Roxley's story!
...at least I still have Harry and Roxley's story!
loverofromance's review against another edition
3.0
This is just a quickie review, especially considering that this book took me about 45 minutes to read. I knew it wouldn't take very long to read, so I just read it last night right before I went to bed. Have You Any Rogues is a very interesting take on a "Romeo and Juliet" theme. The majority of the book involves flashbacks, and sometimes I didn't mind, but others I got a bit frustrated with it a bit. I am not a huge fan of flashbacks, but I did understand by the end why the author put all the flashbacks in. The characters were interesting, through the flashbacks you see how they almost get their HEA but something disrupts their trust in each other, and boy this heroine got married quite a bit. I did enjoy the ending and the reconciliation between them. I do love the theme of the most recent series by this author. It had a charming quality to the story, and I loved the way the story turned out. I do plan on reading more of this author, because I am fascinated with her writing style. Even though it had a couple aspects to the story I didn't like so much, overall a fun romance that will wet your appetite.
plottrysts's review against another edition
4.0
This is a novella that falls between the 2nd ([b:Along Came a Duke|13249383|Along Came a Duke (Rhymes With Love, #1)|Elizabeth Boyle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328329359l/13249383._SY75_.jpg|21371110]) and 3rd ([b:And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake|15704780|And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake (Rhymes With Love, #2)|Elizabeth Boyle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351009822l/15704780._SY75_.jpg|21367114]) books in the Rhymes with Love Series. It features Lady Henrietta (sister/aunt to the heroes of the first two books) and her family's greatest enemy: Crispin, Viscount Dale.
From the beginning of the series we have been intrigued by Hen's 3 marriages, and in Have You Any Rogues? we get the whole story. It turns out that she's been pining for The Dale the whole ding-dong time. When they're apart, they are furious with each other - but every time the two characters are on the same page they forgive and forget all previous issues just so they can get to the making out.
Boyle manages to combine fluff, angst, and sex in this irresistible second (or third ... or fourth?) chance romance. There may come a day when we read a Boyle we don't like - but that day is not today.
18-Word Summaries:
Meg: There’s nothing like getting locked in the cellar with your estranged first love to spark your deepest memories.
Laine: Romeo woos Juliette, but Napoleon, eavesdropping, and meddling aunts keep them apart. Puppies, locks, and wine fix everything.
From the beginning of the series we have been intrigued by Hen's 3 marriages, and in Have You Any Rogues? we get the whole story. It turns out that she's been pining for The Dale the whole ding-dong time. When they're apart, they are furious with each other - but every time the two characters are on the same page they forgive and forget all previous issues just so they can get to the making out.
Boyle manages to combine fluff, angst, and sex in this irresistible second (or third ... or fourth?) chance romance. There may come a day when we read a Boyle we don't like - but that day is not today.
18-Word Summaries:
Meg: There’s nothing like getting locked in the cellar with your estranged first love to spark your deepest memories.
Laine: Romeo woos Juliette, but Napoleon, eavesdropping, and meddling aunts keep them apart. Puppies, locks, and wine fix everything.
xakyr's review against another edition
4.0
This novella is set almost directly after [b:And the Miss Ran Away With The Rake|15704780|And the Miss Ran Away With The Rake (Rhymes With Love, #2)|Elizabeth Boyle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351009822s/15704780.jpg|21367114]. It is told mainly in flashbacks, which diminished my enjoyment of the book somewhat. However, seeing the two main characters get together was more than enough to overcome the flashback shortcoming. I really liked seeing the reasons why Henrietta was a three time widow. It is a very good addition to the series, but short enough to be a beach read. All in all, well worth reading to increase my understanding and enjoyment of the series.
shadowmaster13's review against another edition
3.0
Short and sweet this gives Henrietta Seldon the closure she deserves.
shawnas_booktime's review against another edition
4.0
There is bad history between the Seldons and the Dales, but there is heart history between Henrietta Seldon and Crispin Dale. Henrietta and Crispin get locked in a wine cellar together and bot start to reminisce about the past. Has time dowsed the flames of their love? Could the sparks reignite? This was a nice short story, only 119 pages. The story was mainly told in flashbacks, I enjoyed it. It is part of the Rhymes with Love series, my only wish was it would have been a little longer to give Henrietta a more in depth story since she was in the first two books. But all in all I liked it.
mholles's review against another edition
3.0
I'm always disappointed in novellas. This was a wonderful story with wonderful characters, but it was too short. A Seldon and a Dale locked in a wine cellar together, and a litter of half-breed puppies running around the house. Our heroine was maybe a bit to impulsive in her previous marriages. But it all works out in the end.
cakt1991's review against another edition
1.0
Sadly, DNF. This series was great so far, with the first two full novels being stellar books, but this novella was so hard to get into! Part of the problem was the timeline. The romance seems to hinge on the fact that they've been in love for years, but their families' feud keeps them apart. The story keeps going back and forth between the present timeline of the series (1810) and past events, and it got tiresome trying to figure out what was going on and when.
soph75's review against another edition
2.0
Although I enjoyed the back story I really really would've liked them to resolve their differences in a more healthy way, the animosity was there in the beginning but not by the end and very little time has passed in between. Probably would've been better as a full-length novel (but then I might have the same complaint about the backstory taking up too much of the novel).
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