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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
The pacing in this book was a little weird. Weeks and weeks went by with very little happening beyond the main characters longing for each other while simultaneous trying to avoid each other, then major life-changing events happen in the last 15% of the book that just gallop past and get barely any reflection from our protagonists. I realize the author was mostly trying to set up future books, but the characters in this book should still have been affected more. I might read another book by this author at some point in the future, but I’m not rushing out to get it right this minute.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
This was an enjoyable read from beginning to end. I loved Roderick and Emma. She needs to take a job so she applies to be a bookkeeper. She didn't realize what kind of a place it was or that she had already met the owner. She decides to go for it anyway because she needs the money to help her sisters. Not to mention she wouldn't mind spending some time with Roderick. She needs to protect her reputation for her sisters' sake, but for once it would be nice to not do the right thing. I just loved this one and I think anyone who likes historical romance would enjoy it as well.
A new to me author. It started out strong but became a bit boring halfway through. I guess the major problem would be the hero, Roderick. Can a hero be too beta? For someone who was born on the wrong side of the blanket, you would want him to act like a bastard that he was, yes? He was simply too nice. It was an okay read, not great.
I had read a novella from this author in Have Yourself A Merry Little Secret. I liked it so much I decided to try one of her full length novels. I am so glad I did! I loved this book! It is my favorite trope, a successful businessman from the wrong side finds love with a lady from the aristocracy.
This was about Emma, the eldest sister of three, living with the gambling debts of her deceased father. She is desperately trying to get her sisters married well and trying to earn money to pay off her father’s debt. Roderick it a successful owner of a gambling establishment. He is the bastard son of an aristocrat.
Emma and Roderick’s love story was a long battle. They had a lot of obstacles. The story was passionate and romantic. There was a lot of steam, that contributed rather than distracted from the story. The HEA was all the more sweeter with the struggle between the couple.
The plot kept my interest with a lot of content. It moved a a good pace. I like the bad guy, he was a strong character rather than just a one dimensional figure. The sisters were interesting and I can’t wait until their stories!
I am so happy I found this author! The book was excellent and I can’t wait to read the next! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves steamy historical romance.
This was about Emma, the eldest sister of three, living with the gambling debts of her deceased father. She is desperately trying to get her sisters married well and trying to earn money to pay off her father’s debt. Roderick it a successful owner of a gambling establishment. He is the bastard son of an aristocrat.
Emma and Roderick’s love story was a long battle. They had a lot of obstacles. The story was passionate and romantic. There was a lot of steam, that contributed rather than distracted from the story. The HEA was all the more sweeter with the struggle between the couple.
The plot kept my interest with a lot of content. It moved a a good pace. I like the bad guy, he was a strong character rather than just a one dimensional figure. The sisters were interesting and I can’t wait until their stories!
I am so happy I found this author! The book was excellent and I can’t wait to read the next! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves steamy historical romance.
DOWN AND DIRTY QUICKIE REVIEW!
One Sentence Summary:
A poor aristocratic lady goes incognito to work as an accountant at a gambling house.
What part made you fangirl squeal:
OMG DAT GARDEN SCENE WHEN A BRICK WALL AND A HERO’S DIRTY WORDS AND ROMTASTIC HEARTEYES SNATCHED MY ASS
Favorite Character:
Emma, FO SURE! She’s a prim and proper woman with HELLA smart brains!
How was the Smexy Smex?
OH LA LA!
Name That Trope:
Class Divide, Opposites Attract.
Whose Line Is It Anyway:
Got any bitching to do?
None. Zip. Zlich. ZERO!
Visually Depict Yo Book Feels:
Famous last words:
If you like the wallflower-good-girl and a social-outcast-badboy combo, THIS HAS GOT YO NAME ON IT, HON!
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One Sentence Summary:
A poor aristocratic lady goes incognito to work as an accountant at a gambling house.
What part made you fangirl squeal:
OMG DAT GARDEN SCENE WHEN A BRICK WALL AND A HERO’S DIRTY WORDS AND ROMTASTIC HEARTEYES SNATCHED MY ASS
Favorite Character:
Emma, FO SURE! She’s a prim and proper woman with HELLA smart brains!
How was the Smexy Smex?
OH LA LA!
Name That Trope:
Class Divide, Opposites Attract.
Whose Line Is It Anyway:
1.Emma: Numbers never lied or caused disappointment. There is infinite beauty in the consistency of mathematics.
2.Roderick: There is more to kissing than a simple press of the lips. A true kiss explores with lips, tongue, and teeth. It incorporates aspects of the caress and the embrace.
Got any bitching to do?
None. Zip. Zlich. ZERO!
Visually Depict Yo Book Feels:
Famous last words:
If you like the wallflower-good-girl and a social-outcast-badboy combo, THIS HAS GOT YO NAME ON IT, HON!
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(For a more in depth and LOL-fest discussion on romance novels, HERE BE MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL)
Fangirl Musings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6fO1lNf1L-iHUINRIUtE_g/videos
I loved this book! I read it in one sitting, staying up until midnight because I simply could not put it down! Emma and Roderick are GREAT characters! Full review will be on the blog on 4/2/16! The Book Disciple
Perfection!
This is a well written,fast paced novel .I especially loved Emma.. It's refreshing to have such a bold, smart, and controlled heroine. She easily goes for to toe with Roderick, who is a delightfully sensual, self-made man. An excellent romance!
This is a well written,fast paced novel .I especially loved Emma.. It's refreshing to have such a bold, smart, and controlled heroine. She easily goes for to toe with Roderick, who is a delightfully sensual, self-made man. An excellent romance!
Originally reviewed at The Book Adventures.
Luck is No Lady is a historical romance that I was looking forward to because, hey, gambling den!
Emma Chadwick is a woman in dire straights. She's threatened by a moneylender that her father was in debt to when he died. Due to this financially stressed circumstances (it cost a lot to launch your sisters in society) Emma needs to find employment. Fast.
A gently bred woman finding respectable employment is no easy thing in the Regency era. Hence, Emma's eventual employment as a bookkeeper at a scandalous gambling hell. The owner of the club is Roderick Bentley, bastard son of an Earl, who hires Emma in order to discover how his previous bookkeeper was fleecing him out of his money. Emma is up to the mathematical challenge, but is less prepared for her attraction to the handsome owner of the club. The first half of Luck is No Lady is really, really good. The tentative attraction Emma feels towards Roderick is done very well. As is Emma's conflicted feelings about her attraction towards Roderick. As the primary caregiver of her two younger sisters, Emma shoulders a lot of responsibility, despite the fact that her sisters are of an age when they could help and support her. Due to her responsibility, Emma has led a rather sheltered live and is unprepared for her reaction to Roderick. That tension between the two main characters was beautifully done in the first half of the book and I was captivated.
For me, the momentum in the first half of the book did not carry on to the second half of the book and I think a lot of that had to do with the hero himself. I'm sorry to say that Roderick Bentley became a bit of a bore. Don't get me wrong, there's a place for the upstanding hero in the romance genre. However, when you have two rather upstanding and responsible characters like Roderick and Emma there romance can be a bit, well, dull. Both Roderick and Emma were so wrapped up in their responsibilities that their romance kind of lost steam. The romantic tension that started so strong between the two of them faded a bit when the obstacle to their relationship was nothing more than their upstanding natures.
Another element that I found frustrating was Emma's reluctance to share the burdens of her father's debts with her sisters. I could have understood Emma's lone wolf mentality if her sisters were significantly younger than her, but both of them were old enough to be married. Old enough to marry but not old enough to solve a very real financial problem? Emma's insistence on marrying of her sisters and not asking them for help didn't really make sense. Combine Emma's determination to go it alone with Roderick's determination that he wasn't good enough for Emma and you have a duo that lost it's magic.
Luck is No Lady had a lot of potential. The first half was great, filled with great tension between two intriguing main characters. Unfortunately, Emma and Roderick became flat characters that changed little throughout the narrative. While disappointed, I enjoyed the writing style and will check out the author's next book in the series.