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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
I like the story but I felt that this book just fell flat for me. The main characters were good but I didn't feel the connection that they shared. I wanted more from them. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.
This Regency romance is the first book in Darcy Burke’s new Spitfire Society series. Most of the characters were introduced in the related Untouchables series, and this book refers to events that occurred in that previous series. While all of these stories interconnect, each book focuses on one couple and can be enjoyed on its own. It is, however, fun to see all of the couples from the previous books make appearances in this book.
Both of the main characters in this story are awkward yet amiable. Graham and Arabella had good chemistry with each other, and it was also fun to watch them interacting with their friends. I loved the idea of the Spitfire Society, although I’m currently more curious about Ripley and Colton than the spitfires. Fortunately, we’ll see more of all these characters in future books in this series.
This is a light read with humorous moments and a sweet ending for our featured couple, although the characters do have to make some sacrifices to reach that happy ending. I thought the fencing lessons seemed unrealistic and the ending felt a little rushed, but otherwise this was a fun read.
Note that this book includes explicit scenes of premarital sex.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and volunteered to provide an honest review.
Both of the main characters in this story are awkward yet amiable. Graham and Arabella had good chemistry with each other, and it was also fun to watch them interacting with their friends. I loved the idea of the Spitfire Society, although I’m currently more curious about Ripley and Colton than the spitfires. Fortunately, we’ll see more of all these characters in future books in this series.
This is a light read with humorous moments and a sweet ending for our featured couple, although the characters do have to make some sacrifices to reach that happy ending. I thought the fencing lessons seemed unrealistic and the ending felt a little rushed, but otherwise this was a fun read.
Note that this book includes explicit scenes of premarital sex.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and volunteered to provide an honest review.
When I first began reading this story I wasn't sure if I would end up liking it or not. At first I thought that Arabella would end up with the Duke, Graham, because he had money and because he'd promise to help her and her family. That it'd be a relationship begun through convenience that would change to love over the course of the story. Or at least that was the impression that the blurb gave me. And I'll be honest and say that I'm pretty glad that that wasn't what happened. I think that that would have been a little bit too cliche. I really loved the romance between Arabella and Graham. How their first meeting was purely by accident, and how they both believed that the other would be the answer to their problems. But they weren't. Which I thought was great. I liked that the challenge to reclaim their money wasn't straightforward and that they both had to help each other to do so. I really like it when a romance has elements of action and some other plot that changes and challenges the characters. I thought that this was a really fun, exciting, gripping, easy to read romance that I thoroughly enjoyed.
3.5 stars.
This was lovely, if a tad short. But overall I really liked both Arabella and Graham as characters and as couple.
The story didn't do without some cliches, but it also had some very refreshing elements (like Arabella not being a virgin and not being oblivious when it comes to sex).
All in all, I am SO curious about Ripley's book!
This was lovely, if a tad short. But overall I really liked both Arabella and Graham as characters and as couple.
The story didn't do without some cliches, but it also had some very refreshing elements (like Arabella not being a virgin and not being oblivious when it comes to sex).
All in all, I am SO curious about Ripley's book!