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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very cute quick read. Very funny and entertaining. This is great if you want something light hearted and sweet. HEA.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a closed door romance. Super cute. A nice break if you've been reading very heavy books, which is when I picked it up
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
This was fucking delightful
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
This was fun, but I would say it was more of a humorous historical novel with a romance side plot. The plot was a bit ridiculous & overly complicated, but it made for some interesting situations. I did like seeing Emmeline & Will get to know each other once again. The kids were a blast as well!
i'm so glad this book is finally over, i could weep. it made me want to dnf it countless times, and i could throw up with how happy i am now that it's finished, because i've really not read something this repetitive, pointless, hurtful, and inane in what feels like positively ages.
on first glance, the synopsis sounds so interesting: a reimagined, historical take on you deserve each other (in my head), but with fake kids, and a manor inheritance decades-old rule that has possibly been violated. and i'd agree for about 10% of the book, it came off as so fun, and well-paced, to the point where i genuinely thought this would be another near-hit romance novel.
and then the next 90% happened. something in the heir just does not make any sense at all; i can't expound on this without spoiling everything but, in between making up children no one asks about for 7 years, to planning to effectively "loan" real children for an elaborate ruse, while getting one over not only *all their neighbors, and their entire families*, but also entire towns and cities, with somehow literally no one the wiser, to scaring an ex-convict away by holding a.. theatre.., i think maybe the leads need to just... be serious for once. (and we're supposed to applaud all this like it's a grand scheme and not some random run-of-the-mill last-minute desperate, disturbing ploy).
- even suspending disbelief, i'm just stumped how this book reads at all stable, at any point. why is "borrowing actual children from an orphanage to use them to lie so the rich main characters can keep their very expensive family house, and then get rid of the children wherever convenient" a real plotline?
- the writing was such a headache to go through, and the repetitions made it worse, where the same thoughts and sentiments (and entitlement) kept making rounds for almost the entirety of the book. this might've been less annoying if it was a shorter novel, but a needlessly long word length reprising the same conversation 12 million times with no development or reflection is.. quite literally, a nightmare to read.
- and obviously, this continued until the last act. which was (gasp) so unbelievably idiotic, you could tell it was forced in to trigger the characters into more random, drastic, dramatic decisions. because that's what we're missing in this mess: implausibility.
- and last - this is not a romance book. i think this part irked me more than anything because this book is primarily marketed as romance when it's nothing of the sort. the romantic-storylines are not the main part of the story, come off as more of an afterthought or a casualty, and honestly aren't even written well enough for it to get by. the character dynamics were very odd because it really felt like stick figures playing at a script rather than developed personalities - and i just hated all of it, for reasons i still can't begin to explain. and neither do i care to, i'm just glad it's done and i can put everything about this out of mind. thank you to st. martin's griffin for the arc.
on first glance, the synopsis sounds so interesting: a reimagined, historical take on you deserve each other (in my head), but with fake kids, and a manor inheritance decades-old rule that has possibly been violated. and i'd agree for about 10% of the book, it came off as so fun, and well-paced, to the point where i genuinely thought this would be another near-hit romance novel.
and then the next 90% happened. something in the heir just does not make any sense at all; i can't expound on this without spoiling everything but, in between making up children no one asks about for 7 years, to planning to effectively "loan" real children for an elaborate ruse, while getting one over not only *all their neighbors, and their entire families*, but also entire towns and cities, with somehow literally no one the wiser, to scaring an ex-convict away by holding a.. theatre.., i think maybe the leads need to just... be serious for once. (and we're supposed to applaud all this like it's a grand scheme and not some random run-of-the-mill last-minute desperate, disturbing ploy).
- even suspending disbelief, i'm just stumped how this book reads at all stable, at any point. why is "borrowing actual children from an orphanage to use them to lie so the rich main characters can keep their very expensive family house, and then get rid of the children wherever convenient" a real plotline?
- the writing was such a headache to go through, and the repetitions made it worse, where the same thoughts and sentiments (and entitlement) kept making rounds for almost the entirety of the book. this might've been less annoying if it was a shorter novel, but a needlessly long word length reprising the same conversation 12 million times with no development or reflection is.. quite literally, a nightmare to read.
- and obviously, this continued until the last act. which was (gasp) so unbelievably idiotic, you could tell it was forced in to trigger the characters into more random, drastic, dramatic decisions. because that's what we're missing in this mess: implausibility.
- and last - this is not a romance book. i think this part irked me more than anything because this book is primarily marketed as romance when it's nothing of the sort. the romantic-storylines are not the main part of the story, come off as more of an afterthought or a casualty, and honestly aren't even written well enough for it to get by. the character dynamics were very odd because it really felt like stick figures playing at a script rather than developed personalities - and i just hated all of it, for reasons i still can't begin to explain. and neither do i care to, i'm just glad it's done and i can put everything about this out of mind. thank you to st. martin's griffin for the arc.
I got this book in a blind date with a book, and it was super cute! Definitely predictable and ties up nicely with a bow at the end but it was fun to read. The kids are adorable and funny characters. If you’re looking for a historical romance tho, it’s def a side plot in my opinion