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f18's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
As someone who always only reads the books in a romance series that interest me, I reccommend not reading this as a standalone, but you could.
A touch more serious than SF, but it left me misty eyed so I can't complain. The drana in SF felt firmly like tongue-in-cheek parody where here it was not, but still had plenty of jokes.
Also, the misty eyes were during a scene(a nonbinary character, who experiences dysphoria due to her afab body, having sex with the purpose of getting pregnant) that due to my own ... triggers? peculiarities? ... were it handled less graciously could have (and has) made me have to nope out of the book entirely. So huge applause to the author for making a scene that could have been very squicky for me gorgeous and emotional instead.
Crossing my fingers for books for Belle and Sir Horley in the future. In a lot of ways SS felt like Belle's book as well as Peggy's, but despite her in some ways coming to terms with being aro it didn't feel like her HEA yet.
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In case it is useful for anyone, here are the opera pieces in the order which they are described in the book:
1. Ombra ma Fui https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9yTjXM6m50
2. O too lovely, Too Unkind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWGB11Vm-o
3. Parto, Ti lascio, O cara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABEvncd0qeQ
A touch more serious than SF, but it left me misty eyed so I can't complain. The drana in SF felt firmly like tongue-in-cheek parody where here it was not, but still had plenty of jokes.
Also, the misty eyes were during a scene
Crossing my fingers for books for Belle and Sir Horley in the future. In a lot of ways SS felt like Belle's book as well as Peggy's, but despite her in some ways coming to terms with being aro it didn't feel like her HEA yet.
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In case it is useful for anyone, here are the opera pieces in the order which they are described in the book:
1. Ombra ma Fui https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9yTjXM6m50
2. O too lovely, Too Unkind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWGB11Vm-o
3. Parto, Ti lascio, O cara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABEvncd0qeQ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, and Violence
misgendering, verbal abuse re: infertility, verbal abuse re: genital mutilation,callidoralblack's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
caseythereader's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Thanks to Montlake Publishing for the free advance copy of this book.
- Aren't we all so lucky to be living when Alexis Hall is writing books? SOMETHING SPECTACULAR is everything I've come to love about his romance: silly, spicy, queer, messy, and tender.
- This book has two protagonists who would likely be considered nonbinary today, though they don't have the word for it in the Regency era. I loved that they both experienced gender and expressed themselves differently.
- As with many Hall books, there are some real, thorny emotional struggles here, but they are handled so lovingly and gently. It's probably also the funniest and most over the top Hall book I've read so far. Just the best.
- Aren't we all so lucky to be living when Alexis Hall is writing books? SOMETHING SPECTACULAR is everything I've come to love about his romance: silly, spicy, queer, messy, and tender.
- This book has two protagonists who would likely be considered nonbinary today, though they don't have the word for it in the Regency era. I loved that they both experienced gender and expressed themselves differently.
- As with many Hall books, there are some real, thorny emotional struggles here, but they are handled so lovingly and gently. It's probably also the funniest and most over the top Hall book I've read so far. Just the best.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Transphobia
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