![]() ![]() Though there are parts I definitely enjoyed in this book, I’m admittedly not the biggest fan of it. Sarah MacLean’s Bombshell is the first in her ‘Hell’s Belles’ series, and appropriately stars a heroine fond of stirring up, well. Go in expecting: Shakespeare references! Family drama! A murderous kitten! Enter Lord Julian Belfry, a handsome rake and owner of London’s most scandalous theater, who decides the answer to both his and Emily’s prayers is through a marriage of convenience - he’ll get a bump in reputation courtesy of Emily’s society connections, and she’ll be able to pay off her parents’ debts and get rid of any lecherous suitors. Her unmarried status continues to weigh on her, especially since her father seems to be matching her up with the disgusting owner of a gambling house (to whom her dear ol’ dad owes a considerable a mount of money, naturally). It centers on sweet-but-spirited Lady Emily Turner. The second book, To Love and To Loathe, grated on my nerves (its heroine had me rolling my eyes every other page), but things end well with the last book, To Marry and To Meddle. Martha Waters’ ‘Regency Vows’ trilogy is extremely similar to the vibe of the ‘League of Extraordinary Women’ series, so if you like the latter, make sure to pencil this one in! It begins with To Have and To Hoax, which is my favorite of the three, involving a mix of second chance romance and enemies-to-lovers tropes - the main characters are an estranged married couple, who find themselves manipulating and pranking each other in various ways after a massive fight four years earlier led them to separate. And once you’re finished, pick up the sequels: The League of Gentlewomen Witches and The Secret Service of Tea and Treason. Run (er, fly? Inside a house?), don’t walk, to get this book. every little dagger and exploding teapot and backfiring rifle and iced scone) perfectly. ![]() The chemistry is superb, as are the fight scenes - in fact, one of my favorite things about the Wisteria Society is the way Holton is able to create such rat-a-tat dialogue between two characters as they’re in the midst of trying to stab each other. ![]() The first book in the ‘Dangerous Damsels’ series has an equal amount of romance and adventure in this high-flying story (and I mean that literally, since the main characters all sail around in flying Victorian townhomes). So I’m gonna need you guys to envision if the movies Stardust and Pirates of the Caribbean had a baby, and then THAT baby fell in love with a historical romance novel, and then THEY had a baby: that’s basically the genetic make-up of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. ![]()
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