I have read this book several times before, but I’ve never reviewed it, so here we are! The other day I was going to ask the lovely CBR romance ladies for a recommendation. I wanted a historical with a house party, good banter, not too many outside plot distractions…and was going to cite this book as an example of what I wanted. Then I realized that I really just wanted to read this one again (but other suggestions that meet that criteria are always welcome!). […]
I’m a trust fund baby, you can trust me
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Pennyroyal where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new matrimony. When British mud makes British hands unclean. From forth the fruitful loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers fuck up their life. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their pining cause everyone to take a wife. The fearful passage of their forbidden love and the continuance of their parents’ rage, which, but their children’s matrimony, naught could remove, is now the […]
Even more disappointing
The Legend of Lyon Redmond (2015) and the love story of Lyon Redmond and Olivia Eversea has been a long time coming. Julie Anne Long has written numerous books about the small town of Pennyroyal Green and the many epic romances sprouting from the area. Every young man or woman of marriageable age and suitable demeanor has been swept up in Cupid’s influence, including every Redmond and Eversea sibling. A common thread throughout all of Long’s previous Pennyroyal Green books is the whispered mystery of the […]
It all hinges on kindness
Many months ago, Malin and Mrs. Julien got me reading Julie Anne Long’s Pennyroyal Green series. I read and reviewed What I Did For a Duke and then I went back and read the series from the beginning. I marathon read all but the penultimate book in the series. I always fully intend to review each book I read, but when I marathon a series like this the books blur together and I no longer have specific thoughts about specific books. Sometimes I’ll try to […]