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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
Didn't quite hit the spot for me for some reason. That said, I appreciated the characters and wish I enjoyed it more than I did. Loved the first in the series, and am eagerly awaiting the next.
I will say that the romance between Maggie and Cam simply seems to exist because it has to exist for the plot. When they find form a couple, it works but the "courtship" phrase does leave one wondering, if one pauses to think, why them.
That said, it is an entertaining and sweet read, even if the conflict or obstacle to HEA doesn't quite seem that big of one.
But it is steamy, and there are some wonderful scenes when they get together as a couple. The idea of a woman playwrite is good and enjoyable. Some of her work precedes each chapter. If you are familiar with the style of plays and other forms of entertainment of the time of the book, Leigh does a good job mirroring that. (Today, we would wonder why people swooned, but here I will point out that people of the regency people swooned over plays that rewrote Shakespeare to give the tragedies happy endings, and those play are largely forgotten now).
That said, it is an entertaining and sweet read, even if the conflict or obstacle to HEA doesn't quite seem that big of one.
But it is steamy, and there are some wonderful scenes when they get together as a couple. The idea of a woman playwrite is good and enjoyable. Some of her work precedes each chapter. If you are familiar with the style of plays and other forms of entertainment of the time of the book, Leigh does a good job mirroring that. (Today, we would wonder why people swooned, but here I will point out that people of the regency people swooned over plays that rewrote Shakespeare to give the tragedies happy endings, and those play are largely forgotten now).
Kind of one dimensional characters. It was okay enough of a read but honestly they felt contrived and it kind of put a blah mood over the reading experience.
Just as good as the first!!! And I'm very much looking forward to the third as well - hopefully it will touch on Marwood & Maggie's reception in society.
This one was better than the first and definitely gives me hope for Leigh's potential. It's still repetitive in parts. And secondary and tertiary characters still need developing. BUT, like I said, hope for the future.
3.5 stars. I definitely like this one better than the first, and I’m really excited for the next book!
2.5 stars rounded up…
I really wanted to like this one… I love the idea of this series of strong women who write. The first one about the scandal sheet journalist and then this one about a woman playwright…
The found family aspect was lovely. I love how fiercely the theater group supports and defends Maggie. She was abandoned by all those who should love her, but then found a group who accepted her without question as one of theirs.
The theater story was wonderful. I enjoyed learning more about the inner workings of the Imperial theater as an art and as a business.
Cam and Maggie were both complex characters. I enjoyed that they were many faceted… However, the romance was…paced weirdly. It took over 160 pages for the pining to really start, and then once it did, the timing of the physicality just seemed…off. There’s slow burn and there’s platonic jesting that for some reason all the sudden turns spicy… I wanted to love Cam & Maggie as a couple, but I found it really difficult to connect with them.
CW: stillborn baby in flashbacks
I really wanted to like this one… I love the idea of this series of strong women who write. The first one about the scandal sheet journalist and then this one about a woman playwright…
The found family aspect was lovely. I love how fiercely the theater group supports and defends Maggie. She was abandoned by all those who should love her, but then found a group who accepted her without question as one of theirs.
The theater story was wonderful. I enjoyed learning more about the inner workings of the Imperial theater as an art and as a business.
Cam and Maggie were both complex characters. I enjoyed that they were many faceted… However, the romance was…paced weirdly. It took over 160 pages for the pining to really start, and then once it did, the timing of the physicality just seemed…off. There’s slow burn and there’s platonic jesting that for some reason all the sudden turns spicy… I wanted to love Cam & Maggie as a couple, but I found it really difficult to connect with them.
CW: stillborn baby in flashbacks