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A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles

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babblingandbooks's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

DNF @ 30%

No es un mal libro, pero es demasiado leeento y tiene mucha información de personajes que no me importan. Además, igual fue super fome que los protagonistas empezaran su aventura sexual casi que al comienzo del libro, no se dejo ni espacio pa ver un poco de tensión entre ellos antes de que entrara de lleno en el smut :/ y pa mas remate las escenas de sexo fueron bien meh.

Lo otro que me molestó, es que prácticamente todos los momentos íntimos de la pareja que sucedieron al comienzo del libro, y donde podríamos haberlos visto conocerse mejor y observar la dinamica entre ambos, ocurrieron detrás de escena y luego solo se mencionaron de pasada. Ni un brillo po!

alf_reads's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

rainbowobsidian's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Julius I love you

cubanpete's review against another edition

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A fairly well written gay romance/porn that follows the familiar arc of

tension-fulfillment-falling out making up-external danger- happy ending

. In fact, all three books are that way. The attention to detail - descriptions of dress, societal norms and the language of the time - makes it quite a pleasant read, as do the elements of society intrigue and thriller. I am pleasantly surprised. My last effort at a romance novel had been in 2007 when it was read out aloud for a lark. I feel naive and narrow-minded for having assumed that all novels in the genre would include hilarious descriptions such as 'the flower of femininity'. Buggery I can get behind of (ha).

bitchie's review

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4.0

I love historical romance, but usually hate it in M/M, due to constraints of the time. K. J. Charles is one of the few authors who can actually make me buy the HEA.

This book was a bit slow to start for me, but once it grabbed me, it never let me go. I loved that the tropes were flipped a bit, with the younger Harry being the one to teach the more worldly, cynical Julius all about the gay sex, as well as about love.

lowsmee's review

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slow-paced

3.0

alliwag's review

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3.5

At this point I am truly ride or die for KJ Charles because even though this was her weakest book yet that I've read, it was still such a worthwhile read. She knows how to write strong characters and play them off a well-researched historical setting, with romance and intrigue thrown into the mix. I think she tried to do a bit too much here, so that neither the romance nor the poltical plot felt fully developed. It felt like we were missing a few key intimate scenes between Julius and Harry and Harry's ambivalence towards the aristocracy and the revolutionaries was not fully resolved before everything got wrapped up with a bow at the end.