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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]



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