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A review by rjordan19
Just Think of the Scandal by Anne Knight
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥 (plus another 🔥 in the bonus epilogue)
Humor: A bit
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: from the beginning
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, one week later. Knight also has an extended epilogue available as a freebie that takes place about 10 months later (the bonus epilogue takes place in Prague which is fun!)
Format: voluntarily read an advanced reader copy from the author in e-book format
Why I chose this book: I like Anne Knight’s novels and want to read them all!
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
The door wrenched open.
Eliska stifled a gasp as Theo threw his head inside the carriage. His hair was wild, his chest heaved, and the feral look in his eyes made her heart skitter.
His eyes narrowed on her. “You.” It was an accusation.
Should I read in order?
This is fine alone, though it’s #2 in Knight’s That Scandalous Fairplace Family series.
Basic plot:
Theo tries to protect Eliska from scandal and instead finds her compromised the next morning of the house party...
Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian – 1864
- mostly Warwickshire setting
- English hero and half English/half Austro-Hungarian heroine (she was raised mostly in Prague)
- house party – with games
- compromised heroine
- one room on the train
- he gives her a piggyback ride
- shorter novel
- medium steam – 2 full scenes with some light dom hero and praise (and another in the bonus epilogue)
Ages:
- heroine is 23, hero is 26
First line:
He was drunk.
My thoughts:
Oh, I loved this novella. I found so many things just so dang CUTE in this story. The fun of a house party with games makes me giddy. The little touches and looks across a room. And I don’t think I’ve ever read of a hero giving the heroine a piggy back ride. It was freaking adorable and so playful.
This story was just sweet and fun and had a bit of angst too. Compromised heroine is one of my favorite tropes so I just eat that up! And when Theo chases Eliska down and rips open the door to her train car….gosh I was swooning….just adorable.
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 4
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: Don’t make me pick! Maybe this one? But I also really loved A Lord’s Guide to Mutiny, Marriage and Mistletoe
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- mention of alcohol usage
- some social bullying
- illness and death remembered (heroine experienced a cholera outbreak that killed her family)
- parental death
- train accident on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex: Hero pulls out
How’s the consent? It’s good
Pregnancy/children in story? No pregnancy or children in the story
40% - kiss
75% - 🔥 kisses, fingering for her, missionary
”You sat there so demurely, like you didn’t want me. Didn’t want my hands to do this.” He did something exquisite with just the tips of his fingers against the edge between her thighs and her core, then dragged them away.
“Pretending to be such a good girl.” His voice was sin incarnate.
“I am a good girl,” she huffed indignantly.
“Yes, you are,” he agreed, stroking the inside of her quivering thigh. “And good girls do as they’re told, don’t they?”
94% (epilogue) - 🔥 heroine self pleasure, heroine sits on his face oral, her on top
His cock practically leapt in her hand. He forced his voice to remain even. “You liked that game?”
Eliska nodded.
“I’m so glad,” he purred. “Because I was hoping some sweet, biddable girl would come along and please me. Will you be sweet?”
She nodded.
“Will you be biddable?”
She nodded.
“You’ll obey all my commands?”
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥 (plus another 🔥 in the bonus epilogue)
Humor: A bit
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: from the beginning
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, one week later. Knight also has an extended epilogue available as a freebie that takes place about 10 months later (the bonus epilogue takes place in Prague which is fun!)
Format: voluntarily read an advanced reader copy from the author in e-book format
Why I chose this book: I like Anne Knight’s novels and want to read them all!
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
The door wrenched open.
Eliska stifled a gasp as Theo threw his head inside the carriage. His hair was wild, his chest heaved, and the feral look in his eyes made her heart skitter.
His eyes narrowed on her. “You.” It was an accusation.
Should I read in order?
This is fine alone, though it’s #2 in Knight’s That Scandalous Fairplace Family series.
Basic plot:
Theo tries to protect Eliska from scandal and instead finds her compromised the next morning of the house party...
Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian – 1864
- mostly Warwickshire setting
- English hero and half English/half Austro-Hungarian heroine (she was raised mostly in Prague)
- house party – with games
- compromised heroine
- one room on the train
- he gives her a piggyback ride
- shorter novel
- medium steam – 2 full scenes with some light dom hero and praise (and another in the bonus epilogue)
Ages:
- heroine is 23, hero is 26
First line:
He was drunk.
My thoughts:
Oh, I loved this novella. I found so many things just so dang CUTE in this story. The fun of a house party with games makes me giddy. The little touches and looks across a room. And I don’t think I’ve ever read of a hero giving the heroine a piggy back ride. It was freaking adorable and so playful.
This story was just sweet and fun and had a bit of angst too. Compromised heroine is one of my favorite tropes so I just eat that up! And when Theo chases Eliska down and rips open the door to her train car….gosh I was swooning….just adorable.
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 4
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: Don’t make me pick! Maybe this one? But I also really loved A Lord’s Guide to Mutiny, Marriage and Mistletoe
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- mention of alcohol usage
- some social bullying
- illness and death remembered (heroine experienced a cholera outbreak that killed her family)
- parental death
- train accident on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex:
How’s the consent?
Pregnancy/children in story?
40% - kiss
75% - 🔥 kisses, fingering for her, missionary
”You sat there so demurely, like you didn’t want me. Didn’t want my hands to do this.” He did something exquisite with just the tips of his fingers against the edge between her thighs and her core, then dragged them away.
“Pretending to be such a good girl.” His voice was sin incarnate.
“I am a good girl,” she huffed indignantly.
“Yes, you are,” he agreed, stroking the inside of her quivering thigh. “And good girls do as they’re told, don’t they?”
94% (epilogue) - 🔥 heroine self pleasure, heroine sits on his face oral, her on top
His cock practically leapt in her hand. He forced his voice to remain even. “You liked that game?”
Eliska nodded.
“I’m so glad,” he purred. “Because I was hoping some sweet, biddable girl would come along and please me. Will you be sweet?”
She nodded.
“Will you be biddable?”
She nodded.
“You’ll obey all my commands?”