I love, love, LOVED this! The story, the romance, and the setting gripped me from the start, and I already know I will return to it again in the futurI love, love, LOVED this! The story, the romance, and the setting gripped me from the start, and I already know I will return to it again in the future. It has action and intrigue while giving all the feels, and I couldn't help but imagine I was there running around the marsh with Gareth and Joss. I adored them both, I adored the cast of characters (so many of them deserve their own book!), and I'd recommend this story for fans of second-chance romance, found family, lots of drama, and anyone looking for a Historical Romance set outside of London. I cannot wait for book #2!
Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca via Netgalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own....more
A lovely addition to the series, from the gorgeous cover through the final page. Very slow-burn, though worth the wait, as Kuni an4.5 stars rounded up
A lovely addition to the series, from the gorgeous cover through the final page. Very slow-burn, though worth the wait, as Kuni and Graham grow and change for the better through their love for one another. I also loved getting to see Kuni form close relationships with Graham's siblings—it worked very well without bogging down the plot or the romance.
Overall I love this series and wholeheartedly recommend it! Based on the ending, my guess is that Marjorie's book is next as she tracks down (and perhaaaaps falls in love with?) the counterfeiter mentioned in the epilogue. I can't wait!
Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own....more
Joanna Shupe does it again!! I really enjoyed this one.
I've been wanting to try Shupe's earlier books for awhile, and I decided to start with book #3 Joanna Shupe does it again!! I really enjoyed this one.
I've been wanting to try Shupe's earlier books for awhile, and I decided to start with book #3 in the Wicked Deceptions series solely because I found a physical copy at a used bookstore lol. While certain elements of it read like the UK version of The Devil of Downtown (one of Shupe's Gilded Age NYC books that I love) I still had a great time reading it!
I loved both the hero and the heroine, Quint/Damien and Sophie. They were both true to themselves and offered slight grumpy/sunshine trope vibes with Quint as an agoraphobic scholar and Sophie as a bold and brazen lady running amok in London with little regard for propriety. The murder/mystery elements were woven in well and I enjoyed seeing Quint and Sophie work together while helping one another become better people and falling in love.
The couples from the first two books in the series play a fairly prominent role in this story, so if that might bother you I'd recommend reading the series in order. It didn't affect my understanding of the story at all, but I also wasn't able to appreciate the friendships among the characters as Shupe likely intended. Also we randomly get a POV from the hero from the first book for a few paragraphs at the end of one chapter, which was really strange and felt unnecessary.
Lastly, I did find this to be a bit slow in the beginning, but around the 25% mark it really picked up and I could not put it down. Overall, I'd recommend it and will most likely return to the previous books at some point in the future....more
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