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What to expect: historical romance, arranged marriage, two love stories (one MM one sapphic), forbidden love, princes, princes, knights

Spice: YA, kissing only

ninarotcajg's review

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adventurous funny hopeful 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

C’était trop bien
J’ai adoré tous les personnages, particulièrement Gwen et Art, nos héros. Leur relation, leur amitié. Le fond de trame sur Arthur et compagnie je n’ai que moyennement suivi parce que j’étais trop investie dans le reste des love stories.
Et il y’avait de quoi faire. Love feast carrément.
Entre Bridget/Gwen, Art/Gabriel, Sidney/Agnès, on ne savait plus ou donner de la tête.
J’aurais voulu plus de fluff entre Art et Gabriel, ca m’a manqué.
La relation entre Gwen et Gabriel aussi était adorable, et meme l’amitié entre Sid et Art.

J’aurais presque voulu plus de galère, notamment sur la question d’être homosexuel à cette période, et en meme temps, on en a bonbon des bouquins ou c’est la galère.
ici, Art avait une maman iranienne et musulmane, un papa anglais, on avait la première chevalier femme, et puis rien n’était trop questionné. C’était le but, et pas plus mal.

Bref très mimi.

note : 16/20

sophie_78's review

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3.0

I found this book to be very enjoyable, it was one of those nice easy brainless reads and I really liked that about this book.

The characters were nice especially Gabriel in my opinion and the plot was really enjoyable to follow. The relationships were realistic dealing with a lot of self-hatred and not accepting yourself for who you are, and close friends helping you with that. It was nice seeing Art and Gwen building their relationship and becoming more accepting of one another and helping each-other.

Art and Gabriel’s relationship was the most enjoyable in my opinion, when I was reading this book I felt like the author liked this pairing more thus making them more interesting. I think that the way they became aware of each other’s feelings was real sweet and I enjoyed it a lot.

Although I liked this book I also have some issues with it.
I do really think the character development and plot were good but I felt like the end was rushed. I would’ve loved to see more about the relationship between Art and Gabriel and what the future holds for them. If Gabriel truly accepts himself and it would’ve been nice to maybe see more of that and I would’ve liked to see Gwen and Bridget work around their long distance relationship, and their different opinions (because they are both pretty stubborn.)

To conclude I think the book was very enjoyable to read and I would recommend this to anyone who just wants to read an easy no brainer romance book!