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A Charming Romp Through Victorian England

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

January 3, 2020 by Rachel 2 Comments

Oh boy, it looks like I have a new author to follow! In her first novel, Evie Dunmore dives into the academic world of Oxford, royalty, and Parliament in the heart of the Victorian era. What follows is an absolutely charming romp into the stifled world of upper-crust society featuring class-crossed lovers.  Our heroine is Annabelle, a young woman who is unmarried and headstrong who finds herself stuck. She gets into the newly formed woman’s college at Oxford thanks to a scholarship sponsored by the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: evie dunmore, historical fiction, historical Victorian romance, Oxford, royalty, Victorian age

Rachel's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: evie dunmore, historical fiction, historical Victorian romance, Oxford, royalty, Victorian age ·
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In Which I Was Tormented By Alliteration

June 29, 2017 by Ale 1 Comment

I should have stopped reading this book at this sentence: “The plain, practical Puritan and the gin-nipping flapper; robust Rosie the Riveter and waifish, wraith-like Twiggy; the billowing, buxom Gibson Girl and the beaded, barefoot earth mother…..” I’ll just stop there because I’m already angry and my brain hurts. I DNFed this book after page 100 because I just couldn’t take the alliteration anymore. It was like Dr. Seuss decided to leave children’s books behind and take on feminist non-fiction. Although I think Dr. Seuss […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Non-Fiction, Victorian age, wild women

Ale's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Non-Fiction, Victorian age, wild women ·
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