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“She had a lifelong habit of extending care to animals too wild or frightened to accept it- which made her the bravest kind of fool.”

The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare

January 3, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This was not the book I was going to read next, but after the bummer of Royal Holiday I knew I needed a sure thing and a Tessa Dare book will always be a book that I quite enjoy. I pulled up the one I’d been saving, book three in the Girl Meets Duke series, and spent the afternoon and evening absorbed in Dare’s kooky version of Regency England. I love a fun, feminist, anachronistic romance novel and that is something that Tessa Dare delivers […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, reading women, RWA Implosion Read, Tessa Dare, the wallflower wager

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, reading women, RWA Implosion Read, Tessa Dare, the wallflower wager ·
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This One Was Unfortunately a Miss for Me

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

January 3, 2020 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

I was going to read this one in the week after Christmas but having taken a look at this year’s Read Harder Challenge I decided to wait until New Years since this is Guillory’s book featuring Maddie’s mom Vivian, who raised her by herself – take that task 14: Read a romance starring a single parent. I just wish this was better. Jasmine Guillory launched onto the Romance scene two years ago with The Wedding Date and has released four novels in that time. The […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read harder challenge, royal holiday, RWA Implosion Read, waste of premise, we need diverse books, Wedding Date series

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read harder challenge, royal holiday, RWA Implosion Read, waste of premise, we need diverse books, Wedding Date series ·
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I’ve got pretty ingrained habits – a romance to start the New Year

Beginner's Luck (Chance of a Lifetime #1) by Kate Clayborn

January 1, 2020 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I had decided a couple weeks ago that my New Years Day plan was to hang out in comfy clothes while reading and reviewing a book. I have managed to achieve that goal, and all before dinner time! What I didn’t originally know was that with the Romance Writers of America deciding to implode over Christmas week I would be frontloading a lot of Romance books by authors who were out on the frontlines (Kate Clayborn) and/or with new works coming out (her latest Love […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Beginner's Luck, Chance of a Lifetime series, emmalita, faintingviolet, Kate Clayborn, RWA Implosion Read

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Beginner's Luck, Chance of a Lifetime series, emmalita, faintingviolet, Kate Clayborn, RWA Implosion Read ·
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