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anniina's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
mllecath's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
plumpymuffin's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
iduska's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
eachjen's review against another edition
3.0
Normally when I read books with toxic and emotionally unavailable men I hate them… but the Duke of Kesgrave is the exception
anaidelawless's review
4.0
I live for these characters. And even though the mystery was good, the romance is excellent. Will this series convince me to change my mind about friends to lovers? And this is not typical friends to lovers, since the characters did not like each other at first, but I cannot help but gush about the way their dislike turn into mutual respect and cammaraderie, which provides strong base for their love. This is how to build a romance.
sarah_moynihan's review
5.0
Six months have passed and Bea's fictitious Mr. Davies is causing her more trouble than she could have ever predicted. A simple fabrication invented to invite Miss Otley into her confidence to aid her investigtion, it has has now spiraled wildly out of her control. Hoping to rid herself of the rumor for good, she sneaks out of the house in order to anonymously submit a death notice for Mr. Davies. But as she turns to leave the newspaper office, a man collapses at her feet with a dagger protuding from his back.
Expecting to settle back into her life as the quiet and unassuming spinster that everyone knows her to be, she has no intention to persue another investigation. But if the bodies are simply going to keep falling into her path and the dagger just so seems to remind her very much of one residing in the British Museum...
So Bea cannot deny herself the opportunity to slip out of the house and check the museum for herself to see if her suspicions prove correct. And who should pop up in the midst of her search, but the Duke of Kesgrave himself, her unexpected sleuthing partner from the Otley murder.
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The covers to the books in this series had caught my eyes several times in the last few years while book browsing online. I'm so glad I finally decided to give the first book in the series a shot because I think it is safe to say that this is turning into one of my favorite series. Regency? Check. Mystery? Check. Amateur female sleuth? Check. Sass in spades, banter, and a handsome man? Check, check, and check. Enough said, consider me sold.
With our main characters and Bea's family life etablished in A Brazen Curiousity, this book flowed much more smoothly for me. I was happy to see far less of Bea getting entirely lost in lengthy internal monologues largely focused on flinging food upon the heads of handsome men. But I also was happy to see humorous call backs to these urges of Bea's to throw food at Kesgrave scattered in this book.
The absolute ridiculousness that is Bea's family never fails to both amuse me and infuriate me for their treatment of her. But I'm very happy to see that Flora is treating Bea much more like a member of the family and even working to enable Bea in maneuvering around Aunt Vera. Plus we get a lovely addition to our list of characters in the amusing Lady Abercrombie.
I'm so excited to see the connection and regard between Bea and Kesgrave grow as they bicker and banter with one another. Very much looking forward to continuing with the series.
4.5 stars rounded up to 5.
Expecting to settle back into her life as the quiet and unassuming spinster that everyone knows her to be, she has no intention to persue another investigation. But if the bodies are simply going to keep falling into her path and the dagger just so seems to remind her very much of one residing in the British Museum...
So Bea cannot deny herself the opportunity to slip out of the house and check the museum for herself to see if her suspicions prove correct. And who should pop up in the midst of her search, but the Duke of Kesgrave himself, her unexpected sleuthing partner from the Otley murder.
____________________________
The covers to the books in this series had caught my eyes several times in the last few years while book browsing online. I'm so glad I finally decided to give the first book in the series a shot because I think it is safe to say that this is turning into one of my favorite series. Regency? Check. Mystery? Check. Amateur female sleuth? Check. Sass in spades, banter, and a handsome man? Check, check, and check. Enough said, consider me sold.
With our main characters and Bea's family life etablished in A Brazen Curiousity, this book flowed much more smoothly for me. I was happy to see far less of Bea getting entirely lost in lengthy internal monologues largely focused on flinging food upon the heads of handsome men. But I also was happy to see humorous call backs to these urges of Bea's to throw food at Kesgrave scattered in this book.
The absolute ridiculousness that is Bea's family never fails to both amuse me and infuriate me for their treatment of her. But I'm very happy to see that Flora is treating Bea much more like a member of the family and even working to enable Bea in maneuvering around Aunt Vera. Plus we get a lovely addition to our list of characters in the amusing Lady Abercrombie.
I'm so excited to see the connection and regard between Bea and Kesgrave grow as they bicker and banter with one another. Very much looking forward to continuing with the series.
4.5 stars rounded up to 5.