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This time I also say Yes

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

December 29, 2018 by alphabootoo 1 Comment

Dear Tessa Dare. I am sorry. I don’t know why I ever said I don’t like your book except that I was expecting my first Romance novel to read a certain way and yours did not and that vexed me. You are delightfully batty and I adore you. Several years ago I made Say Yes to the Marquess my first foray into Romance after decades of giving them side-eye because of cool girl brainwashing. Sadly, I was expecting something more akin to Austen and the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Say Yes to the Marquess, Tessa Dare

alphabootoo's CBR10 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Say Yes to the Marquess, Tessa Dare ·
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Cute But Not Quite the Inspiration I Needed

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

November 17, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

While I had intentions of re-reading a certain novel around Veterans Day, it didn’t quite pan out, and I instead took a break for a fluffy romance novel.  Tessa Dare is one of those romance authors I consider generally reliable, although she can be hit or miss for me.  I absolutely love a few of her novels while others are just fine.  From reviews, I saw that this one was generally entertaining but not necessarily hitting all the right spots for readers. And I have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:188 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game ·
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My favourite thing about this was probably the doll funerals

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

October 15, 2018 by Malin 4 Comments

3.5 stars From Goodreads, because I’m a month and a half behind on my reviews: After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game

Malin's CBR10 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game ·
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Overall fun, but super tired of this trope. #CBRBingo

The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2) by Tessa Dare

September 28, 2018 by narfna 5 Comments

I do love Tessa Dare, first off. I need to say that right away. Also, that as usual, I’ve had a great time listening to a book of hers. They are always tongue in cheek, silly, and completely anachronistic, and sweet. BUT. There’s this one thing she does that she’s done in her last three published books, and I’ve had enough of it. This book is about Alexandre Mountbatten, who we met last book as Emma’s friend who sets rich people’s clocks to Greenwich Mean […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, mary jane wells, romance, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game

narfna's CBR10 Review No:115 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: cbr10bingo, Girl Meets Duke, historical romance, mary jane wells, romance, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game ·
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“When am I giving up? I’m not. I did not give up on myself then. I am not giving up on you now.” (CBR10Bingo)

The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke #2) by Tessa Dare

September 23, 2018 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I love a fun, feminist, anachronistic romance novel and that is something that Tessa Dare delivers regularly. Dare writes what I fondly refer to as Historical Fantasy Romance. There is *some* historically accurate details running through her narrative but they are very thin and often bent to suit her plot needs. In the second outing in the Girl Meets Duke series we’re following Alex Mountbatten, introduced in The Duchess Deal, who makes her living by setting clocks to Greenwich Mean Time. Following a terrible, and […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr10bingo, faintingviolet, Girl Meets Duke, so shiny, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:46 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr10bingo, faintingviolet, Girl Meets Duke, so shiny, Tessa Dare, The Governess Game ·
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“Her. I’ll take her.”

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

May 18, 2018 by alphabootoo 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Spindle Cove, Tessa Dare

alphabootoo's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Spindle Cove, Tessa Dare ·
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