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3.74 AVERAGE
4.25 stars
I really enjoyed this book. Although Emma was a little too stubborn near the end of the book, I did understand her conflict. Roderick was the perfect hero - strong, smart and swoonworthy. Great start to the series and I can't wait to read book 2.
I really enjoyed this book. Although Emma was a little too stubborn near the end of the book, I did understand her conflict. Roderick was the perfect hero - strong, smart and swoonworthy. Great start to the series and I can't wait to read book 2.
Luck Is No Lady is the book that made me realize how much I love books in deep POV... because that is not this book. I want to be inside the characters' heads. I want to feel what they feel and understand why without having to be told.
I finished Luck Is No Lady feeling no more attached to the characters than when I started. Without truly being in Emma or Roderick's world, occasionally their actions didn't jive with their character.Like when Emma decides sleeping with Roderick was wrong and "breaks up" with him. In some cases, what happened felt like the author forcing it to happen rather than a natural choice for the characters to make. After her father putting the family into the debt situation in the first place by gambling, it doesn't seem AT ALL in character for levelheaded and sensible Emma to gamble her way to get out of debt. Not without serious angst about her decision. (Which there was little.)
Outside of that, Luck Is No Lady is a decent historical romance for those who like getting outside the glittering ballrooms of London. With her father's debts hanging over her head, Emma decides the only way she can get the money to pay the moneylender hounding her is by working... at a gaming hell.
Roderick is a bastard (by birth, not character) who's pulled himself up and created a world for himself to exist in. While the ton may turn their noses up at him for his birth, they certainly come flooding to his club (and, occasionally, call upon him to give them investment advice).
Emma and Roderick keep running into each other in different places, and neither can really fight their attraction, even though they both try. (For the most part.) I always enjoy the "I want you even though I shouldn't but I want you so bad" plot lines, especially for all the forbidden moments. Curious to see who the couple is in the next book in this series...
I finished Luck Is No Lady feeling no more attached to the characters than when I started. Without truly being in Emma or Roderick's world, occasionally their actions didn't jive with their character.
Outside of that, Luck Is No Lady is a decent historical romance for those who like getting outside the glittering ballrooms of London. With her father's debts hanging over her head, Emma decides the only way she can get the money to pay the moneylender hounding her is by working... at a gaming hell.
Roderick is a bastard (by birth, not character) who's pulled himself up and created a world for himself to exist in. While the ton may turn their noses up at him for his birth, they certainly come flooding to his club (and, occasionally, call upon him to give them investment advice).
Emma and Roderick keep running into each other in different places, and neither can really fight their attraction, even though they both try. (For the most part.) I always enjoy the "I want you even though I shouldn't but I want you so bad" plot lines, especially for all the forbidden moments. Curious to see who the couple is in the next book in this series...
Emma, a spinster at 25 and the newly appointed guardian of her two sisters after the death of their gambling debt-riddled father is in a quandry. Her father left behind a huge debt, and Emma needs to pay it while continuing to fund her sisters' season in London. To make ends meet, she takes an accountant position at a gambling hell, convincing its devilishly handsome proprietor to take her own, despite her gender. Emma thinks her job (and identity) is a secret, but luck isn't in her favor.
I had a great time reading this. It reminded me of [a:Sarah MacLean|1598076|Sarah MacLean|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1216068049p2/1598076.jpg], but with a bit less darkness.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.
I had a great time reading this. It reminded me of [a:Sarah MacLean|1598076|Sarah MacLean|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1216068049p2/1598076.jpg], but with a bit less darkness.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
More like 2.8 stars so I rounded up. Also why does every epilogue in these types of books end with a pregnant lady? Some people don’t get pregnant right away but these books have people popping out kids like a yearly poop. When I hit 40% I could just tell this book would end poorly. So much of the plot is Emma refusing help and doing dummer things (like gambling while dressed as a sex worker, so much worse than borrowing money but no she’s a strong lady!) She worries so much about people finding out she’s a bookkeeper but dressing with her boobs falling out and gambling is the height of respectability... She’s so worried about her sisters that she doesn’t tell them a dangerous man has found them? Oh okay. Emma get a grip. I don’t get what Roderick sees in her at all.
The main characters are wonderful. Emma is proper and responsible but not stuffy. Roderick has no patience for the hypocrisy of society and he is kind and treats others fairly regardless of rank. This is the kind of story I look for in a 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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(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
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!
———————————————————————————————————–
(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 enjoyed this story initially, but something I don't enjoy in romance is when women put themselves and their loved ones in peril for reasons that only make sense to heroines in romance novels. This is especially annoying when the women are supposed to be smart and sensible. Also, there are subplots that serve to set up the next two books in the series but don't enhance this particular book at all. I'm not against authors setting up their next book(s), except when the events are extremely dramatic and treated as though they were incidental because they have nothing to do with the main plot of the current book. "Oh, so and so was kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery, but she's okay now? Phew!" Come on, people.
I thought this was a solid read: (3-3.5)
-A practical yet passionate accountant and committed older sister
-A man who makes his own family and is ultimately sweet, supportive, and loyal
-a well developed relationship
-an engaging enough plot
-well-written sexy times
I'm no HR expert, but I did have fun with this book. I struggled a bit with how this all came together, or the lack of tension. I'm not sure what was missing, but I did enjoy the elements of this book a great deal. You get a great sense of the heroine though it and how she decides to prioritize herself, or is pushed to by her sisters.
-A practical yet passionate accountant and committed older sister
-A man who makes his own family and is ultimately sweet, supportive, and loyal
-a well developed relationship
-an engaging enough plot
-well-written sexy times
I'm no HR expert, but I did have fun with this book. I struggled a bit with how this all came together, or the lack of tension. I'm not sure what was missing, but I did enjoy the elements of this book a great deal. You get a great sense of the heroine though it and how she decides to prioritize herself, or is pushed to by her sisters.
2+?
Just eh. This is a good example of how a book with lots of catnip isn't necessarily going to be something you love. That is likely partially my fault, since I took so long to read it, and I enjoy romances more in large gulps. But the fact that I so easily put it down says plenty, too.
Just eh. This is a good example of how a book with lots of catnip isn't necessarily going to be something you love. That is likely partially my fault, since I took so long to read it, and I enjoy romances more in large gulps. But the fact that I so easily put it down says plenty, too.