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“Her. I’ll take her.”

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

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I realize upon rereading it that my last review was rather churlish about the topic of romance book covers. While I stand by the fact that I often dislike them, it was nonproductive to say so without getting into the reason why. I realize that I am new to the genre and probably an outlier regardless but I find them all confusingly similar and in the case of many historical romances, non-period to the point of distraction. I like my book covers to give a hint of the story I am about to read and I find many romance covers […]

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5/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:9 |

Rocks, frocks, and a footprint in a box

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

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I finally found a romance novel that I really enjoyed. Part of that may be because I am exhausted and stressed and therefore primed for fluffy fare but nonetheless I would happily read this one again. A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare isn’t so much a historical romance as an alternate universe romance because I needed a major suspension of disbelief for a significant chunk of the storyline. But that actually made it a little more fun for me – I relish fantasy and science fiction, after all. And my naturalist heart just adored Minerva and her fossils […]

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4/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |

“For all the girls who walk and read at the same time.”

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

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Another week, another Tessa Dare book review. As I mentioned last review of The Duchess Deal, I love Tessa Dare books so it shouldn’t be all that surprising that I went ahead and picked up where I left off with A Week to be Wicked once I retrieved it. My quick review of this one is another five star Dare outing, these two back to back really highlight the parts of Dare’s craft that make these the fun, enjoyable, and downright witty reads I’ve come to hope for from her. To me, Dare’s writing breaks down into a pretty clear […]

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4/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

“Emma Gladstone had learned a few hard lessons by the age of two-and-twenty. Charming princes weren’t always what they seemed. Shining armor went out of fashion with the Crusades. And if fairy godmothers existed, hers was running several years late. Most of the time, a girl needed to rescue herself.”

The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1) by Tessa Dare

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I did some traveling over the Easter holiday weekend and left the Tessa Dare book I was reading the week before at Ale’s house post snow storm (p.s., she is on reviewing fire lately!). Not a problem – I have a nook full of other books in need of reading so I went ahead and pulled up another Dare, The Duchess Deal. I had this one lined up and ready to go for two reasons: 1. I really love Tessa Dare books, and 2. this was nearly universally claimed as one of the few highlights of the 2017 publishing year […]

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4/4/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |

“That was, perhaps, the most unfeeling proposal she could imagine. The man was cynical, insensitive, condescending, rude. And she was definitely going to marry him.”

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

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Guys this book? Is so good. That I’m mad that the next book in the series doesn’t come out for months. (MONTHS! August is a lot of months away.) It’s full of trope-y delicious nonsense, and ridiculous people, and stuff you know could never happen in real life, but who cares? Duke, hideously scarred in The War, loses fiancé and proposes a Marriage of Convenience to the Uppity Seamstress who dared ask for the funds he owes her for creating the lost fiancé’s hideous wedding dress. (“It looks like unicorn vomit. Or some beast rumored to menace the Himalayas.”) And […]

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2/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |

Nevertheless she persisted

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

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I’d seen The Duchess Deal (2017) by Tessa Dare on some Cannonball reviews, and it looked interesting. I’d learned that Dare changed details about her love interest after Trump’s election because her alpha hero was rubbing her the wrong way. I appreciated the small nods to progressive feminist ideals throughout the book, the often funny banter between the leads, and the way she played with typical romantic tropes with her story. I also liked how the Duke and Emma slowly began to trust each other, but the story as a whole never quite worked for me. Emma Gladstone was only sixteen when […]

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1/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

“Here, tell me which scent you prefer. Lilies and whale vomit, or lemon balm and beaver’s arse.”

Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare

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I like Tessa Dare. I know her books are derisively considered by many to be HINO (Historical In Name Only) but that’s something that’s never bothered me, personally. I like that her characters have modern sensibilities, because I don’t want to read about a hero with traditional Regency-era attitudes toward women. I like that her books each tend to have a designated Element of Silliness (see: Romancing the Duke‘s cosplayers, Any Duchess Will Do‘s terrible knitting) and in this one it’s the recurring joke of a bratty kid confusing carnal noises for the sound of a woman being murdered. It’s […]

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1/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |

Scandalous mystery tuppers and double cannonball!

Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare

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On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. • Was it Lord Canby, with the maid, on the divan? • Or Miss Fairchild, with a rake, against the wall? • Perhaps the butler did it. All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn’t her. But rumors to the contrary are buzzing. I was a little reluctant to read this book by Ms Dare, after thoroughly disliking the previous one, but reviews were good so when I saw it at the library I thought I might as well give it a chance.  And I’m […]

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12/29/2017 's CBR9 Review No:104 |


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