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A review by 420blazeit
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
3.0
this was better than devil in winter. i said what i said.
sad to see the wallflower series end but also… not really? i enjoyed the female friendships in this more than the actual relationships. i think it was because the stakes in every single third act breakup were so mf LOW. and most of them involved the hero getting hurt/sick and having to be nursed back to health. my least favorite trope.
i see the nurse back to health as a way for the hero to avoid taking any responsibility for the situation or a problem that they caused. that wasn’t the case in this book but still, i’m bitter at the carriage incident. it created unnecessary tension that added nothing to daisy and matthews story. if anything it would b more effective to have cam make a guest appearance. (this j proves to me that no one weaves in Actual Plot better than loretta chase and kerrigan byrne)
regardless this was still a fun series, albeit forgettable, and i’ve heard good thing about the Hathaway spinoff series from kleypas, so i’ll probably gravitate towards those after a little historical romance break ✅
sad to see the wallflower series end but also… not really? i enjoyed the female friendships in this more than the actual relationships. i think it was because the stakes in every single third act breakup were so mf LOW. and most of them involved the hero getting hurt/sick and having to be nursed back to health. my least favorite trope.
i see the nurse back to health as a way for the hero to avoid taking any responsibility for the situation or a problem that they caused. that wasn’t the case in this book but still, i’m bitter at the carriage incident. it created unnecessary tension that added nothing to daisy and matthews story. if anything it would b more effective to have cam make a guest appearance. (this j proves to me that no one weaves in Actual Plot better than loretta chase and kerrigan byrne)
regardless this was still a fun series, albeit forgettable, and i’ve heard good thing about the Hathaway spinoff series from kleypas, so i’ll probably gravitate towards those after a little historical romance break ✅