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apple_atcha_reading's review against another edition
- 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
Besides a well balanced novel in terms of explicit content and plot, I loved the conversations our FMC was able to have with her partner about classism, racism, and misogyny. He was never going to experience those as a rich, cis, white man, and she needed him to understand why her business was always going to be more difficult than his (although her product was superior).
Novel also features: LGBTQIA+ characters (side), marriage of convenience, "get away from my wife", Latinx characters (main and side), Scottish MMC, historical setting (late 1800s)
Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Sexual content, Racism, and Cursing
Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Slavery
onegalonelife27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Slavery, and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse
jrae_miller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Violence, and Alcohol
rickireadss's review against another edition
4.25
representation: Latine FMC (Dominican)
content warnings:
Graphic: Misogyny, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Gun violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Classism
emfass's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Slavery
takarakei's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
- She's a Caribbean heiress to a rum distillery
- He's a Scottish lord who owns a whiskey distillery
- They can't take over these businesses unless they are married ;)
- Marriage of convenience
This was a cute historical romance!
🌶️ 3.5/5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, and Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
lafillesversion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Read this for HEA Book Club and overall I enjoyed it! It was a breezy read, but I still wanted just a little more character development. Our FMC and MMC don’t go on a big development journey throughout the book. They seem largely the same at the end - just married.
Some scenes also moved a little too quickly. Of a book with Paris in the title, we’re certainly not in the City of Love for very long. (Though the 🌶️ on the Eiffel Tower is probably one of my favorite parts.)
Again, this just left me wanting a little bit more. The next in the series is sapphic so I may still check it out.
Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Racism
Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Mental illness
fromjuliereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
My only criticism is that this heavily relied on the two characters just not talking to each other which is something I struggle with... it makes me very frustrated as the reader. BUT I still thoroughly enjoyed the fake marriage trope.
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Death of parent
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury
discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
What a treat to read, can’t recommend this enough!
Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, and Misogyny
Moderate: Colonisation, Slavery, and Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence
qrschulte's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Cursing, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Gaslighting
Minor: Infidelity