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“Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.”

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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This was a little on the nose in parts (mostly dialogue), but it was also full of spit and vinegar. I could feel Courtney Milan’s rage (tempered with good humor) on every page, and it wasn’t an incoherent rage, more like a well-harnessed one. The rest of her body of work shows compassion for men caught up in the same patriarchal system that puts women at an inherent disadvantage, but I guess she just needed let this one rip, just let out a pure expression of feminine rage. That it’s elderly, lonely, queer feminine rage makes it all the better. […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 81 |

Just Desserts for the Terrible Nephew

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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This novella is part of Milan’s Worth Saga but it’s been long enough since I read any of the other novels or novellas in the series that I honestly couldn’t remember these characters from the other books. All I knew going in was that it followed two older/elderly women, and I had made an assumption about who one of the characters might be based on After the Wedding, but I was incorrect. Miss Violet Beauchamps has devoted her life to managing a rooming house for the Toggert family, and the owner has fired her, only a few months from when […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 63 |

And That Would Be Enough

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

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Bingo Square: The Collection I originally downloaded this about a year ago because I wanted to read the Courtney Milan novella before going to see Hamilton in New York again.  However, I didn’t quite get around to the other two, and Bingo seemed like a good opportunity to go back and read the entire collection. The collection kicks off with Rose Lerner’s story, about a young Jewish woman disguised as a man fighting for the Revolution.  It’s the eve of the battle of Yorktown, and “Ezra Jacobs” (or Rachel Mendelson) discovers her husband in the camp.  Given his previous loyalist […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 38 |

“Happiness is not just an act of optimism – it is an act of defiance.” (CBR11Bingo)

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure (Worth Saga #2.75) by Courtney Milan

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Courtney Milan really is fantastic at writing novellas. Even the ones I don’t love are still fantastic reads. The Governess Affair is one of my favorite books, period, and A Kiss for Midwinter is one of the few books I’ve read more than once in the past several years. Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure ranks right up there with them. While the book is part of the Worth Saga books, it absolutely stands alone, which I can attest to because the only other book in the series I’ve read is the novella Her Every Wish. You learn everything you need to […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 33 |

Sometimes you just need to watch it all burn

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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4.5 stars This novella is part of The Worth Saga, and stars one of the minor supporting characters of After the Wedding. You really don’t need to have read that book, though (unless you want to, it’s good, but sad), this story stands perfectly on its own. From the author’s website: Mrs. Bertrice Martin—a widow, some seventy-three years young—has kept her youthful-ish appearance with the most powerful of home remedies: daily doses of spite, regular baths in man-tears, and refusing to give so much as a single damn about her Terrible Nephew.  Then proper, correct Miss Violetta Beauchamps, a sprightly young thing of […]

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6/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 27 |

The best kind of brain balm

A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan

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Doctor Jonas Grantham is in want of a wife. A very practical man, Dr Grantham knows that this is by far the most convenient way to have regular sex without risking an STD, and he soon decides that the eleventh prettiest girl in Leicester would do quite nicely. Unfortunately for Dr Grantham, Miss Lydia Charingford recognises him as the young doctor who was present a few years’ prior when his mentor pronounced her pregnant and ruined forever, and this coupled with Dr Grantham’s boorish attempt at introducing himself to her makes her quite sure that he thinks her a young […]

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5/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 15 |

Yelling at Terrible Men

Mrs. Martin’s Incomperable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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Author’s Note: Sometimes I write villains who are subtle and nuanced. This is not one of those times. The Terrible Nephew is terrible, and terrible things happen to him. Sometime villains really are bad and wrong, and sometimes, we want them to suffer a lot of consequences. I received this novella as an ARC and this is an honest review. Mrs. Bertrice Martin is a wealthy widow of 73 who is bored and depressed. Miss Violetta Beauchamps is a poor spinster of 69 who has just been sacked. Mr. Robert Cappish is a Terrible Man who is the nominal reason […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 17 |

Strong Ending to the Brothers Sinister Series

The Suffragette Scandal by Cour

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I have to say that this re-read was really enjoyable. I really did like reading about Free and Edward again. I honestly don’t have much to add from my original review except to say that the book starring Violet pales in comparison to this one. Original review below: The character of Free was introduced to readers in her brother’s book (The Heiress Effect #2) and I was instantly enamored with her. When she tells her brother Oliver that the world had better look out for her I was won over. To have a woman in the time and place fight […]

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1/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 19 |


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