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A review by bingley
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
(240327) Well-realized characters, and an unexpected falling action before resolution! And again, it's that thing where the 2 MCs don't see how perfect they fit each other, but everyone around them does XD.
TLDR: Spirited fighters that fight each other and then fight FOR each other.
When Author started pushing Lillian and St. Vincent together more and more, I was surprised bc I know who St. Vincent ends up with in the other books. I also thought... how is Author gonna redeem him from this callouskidnapping of the fiance of your CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND ??? That's definitely extreme, and I'm curious to see whether Marcus will try to maintain his friendship, and how...
I'm assuming this is technically an "enemies to lovers", which isn't my favorite trope, but Marcus and Lillian's story is delightful, funny, surprising, and not annoying. The trope annoys me when done superficially, with unrealistic reasons why they can't be together/hate each other, but Lillian-Marcus actually have chemistry and banter that isn't always 24/7 antagonistic. There's diff facets to their relationship with each other, and that's why it works and doesn't tire.
POV: dual, third person
SPICE: Even outside, the library, ooh lala. Also...is this dubcon????? 1st instance, yes. 2nd instance... she's drunk but she says yes, but...! she's drunk. (I was surprised Author chose this.)
CAST OF CHARACTERS: Author has an extended world in her books where characters from one book show up/are related to characters from another, and it totally took me a minute to realize this was the Marcus from Aline-Mckenna's story lmao.
ENDING DECLARATIONS: I swear, Author knows how to write the best ending declarations of love. They feel so genuine, emotional, tender, and heartbreaking/warming. Marcus' is almost as good as Simon's.
TLDR: Spirited fighters that fight each other and then fight FOR each other.
When Author started pushing Lillian and St. Vincent together more and more, I was surprised bc I know who St. Vincent ends up with in the other books. I also thought... how is Author gonna redeem him from this callous
I'm assuming this is technically an "enemies to lovers", which isn't my favorite trope, but Marcus and Lillian's story is delightful, funny, surprising, and not annoying. The trope annoys me when done superficially, with unrealistic reasons why they can't be together/hate each other, but Lillian-Marcus actually have chemistry and banter that isn't always 24/7 antagonistic. There's diff facets to their relationship with each other, and that's why it works and doesn't tire.
POV: dual, third person
SPICE: Even outside, the library, ooh lala. Also...is this dubcon????? 1st instance, yes. 2nd instance... she's drunk but she says yes, but...! she's drunk. (I was surprised Author chose this.)
CAST OF CHARACTERS: Author has an extended world in her books where characters from one book show up/are related to characters from another, and it totally took me a minute to realize this was the Marcus from Aline-Mckenna's story lmao.
ENDING DECLARATIONS: I swear, Author knows how to write the best ending declarations of love. They feel so genuine, emotional, tender, and heartbreaking/warming. Marcus' is almost as good as Simon's.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual harassment