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The boldly feminist historical romance you need

The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham

Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham

March 10, 2023 by Owlizabeth 3 Comments

The second installment in Scarlett Peckham’s Society of Sirens came out this week!! And it was excellent!! And I think everyone should read this series!! I would love to leave this there, but there’s this word count I’m supposed to hit for this to count, so I suppose I’ll give y’all a little more. This series is about “fallen” women who have decided to accept, embrace, and use their tarnished reputations to improve the situation for all women. The heroine of the first, the Rakess […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: diverse romance, feminist romance, historical romance, Regency Romance, Romance, Scarlett Peckham

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Romance · Tags: diverse romance, feminist romance, historical romance, Regency Romance, Romance, Scarlett Peckham ·
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This was fine, but I doubt I’ll ever re-read it

The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

February 13, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

Lucy Coover is on her way to her painting class at the Royal Academy one morning when she stumbles across a body in an alley. The man is completely naked, and she assumes he’s been the victim of a crime. Then she realises he’s breathing, so he seems to only be dead drunk. As a female art student, Lucy is fascinated by human anatomy but is also not allowed to ever attend life drawing classes at the Academy. She’s late for class but also makes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: alcoholism, CBR15, historical romance, Joanna Lowell, Malin, painters, The Duke Undone, Victorian

Malin's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: alcoholism, CBR15, historical romance, Joanna Lowell, Malin, painters, The Duke Undone, Victorian ·
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“Desire was not passion and passion was not love.”

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

February 6, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I have been slow to jump on the Silvia Moreno-Garcia bandwagon, mostly because I read one of her earlier books and it wasn’t for me. Then everyone lost their minds over Mexican Gothic. And I did nothing! But I’m glad I eventually gave her another shot, because this book shows me that I can like what she does, though it still didn’t perfectly gel with my tastes. SM-G is a genre hopping author, and with The Beautiful Ones, she takes on a fantastical version of […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate history, audiobooks, historical fantasy, historical romance, narfna, Romance, silvia moreno-garcia, The Beautiful Ones

narfna's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, alternate history, audiobooks, historical fantasy, historical romance, narfna, Romance, silvia moreno-garcia, The Beautiful Ones ·
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The Duke and the Opera Diva

After Dark with the Duke by Julie Anne Long

January 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Mariana Wylde arrives at the Grand Palace at the Thames only seconds after curfew, dripping wet and terrified, since she escaped her own lodgings because a literal angry mob blocked her residence. The talented opera singer, dubbed “the Harlot of Haywood Street” by the press after two rich, young noblemen fought a duel for her favour (something she very much didn’t want them to) and one of them nearly died. Her reputation is in tatters and she’s almost broke but begs the proprietresses of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: After Dark with the Duke, CBR15, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Malin, music, Regency, the Palace of Rogues

Malin's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: After Dark with the Duke, CBR15, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Malin, music, Regency, the Palace of Rogues ·
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HEA book club reads

Heart and Hand (Gold Sky #1) by Rebel Carter

Knot My Type (All Access #1) by Evie Mitchell

December 31, 2022 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

Closing out the year with two romances I read for the Happily Everyone After book club at The Ripped Bodice. Heart and Hand is an unconventional historical romance with a mail-order bride marrying not one but two husbands. Julie Baptiste wants to escape New York Society. Her Black family is well-respected and who she marries is newspaper fodder. She much rather read a book than go to a party. She agrees to marry two men out in Gold Sky, Montana. It’s a long train ride, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: all access series, Disability rep, evie mitchell, gold sky, gold sky series, historical romance, Interracial marriage, knot my type, rebel carter

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Romance · Tags: all access series, Disability rep, evie mitchell, gold sky, gold sky series, historical romance, Interracial marriage, knot my type, rebel carter ·
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Extremely yes, very swoon.

A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall

November 2, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

“I cannot meet him as a stranger. But he has never known me as myself.” I loved this so much I wish I could just drop everything I’m doing right now, including writing this review, and read it again. I honestly haven’t stopped thinking about it since July, and it is now November. I would need to re-read anyway to write a review that does it justice, with like, quotes and shit. As of right now, I’m thinking this review is just going to be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, narfna, queer romance, Romance, trans character

narfna's CBR14 Review No:173 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, narfna, queer romance, Romance, trans character ·
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