In this book, we follow Phoebe Fairfax, as she tries to have one last adventure before being married off. However, she’s soon met with adversity after adversity!

My favourite part of the book was undoubtedly the friendship and strong bond between the Fairfax sisters. As for Phoebe’s adventures, it really is pitiful the way that she is set up. I also found it difficult to connect with the author’s writing style.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute regency rom-com, it's low spice, enemies to lovers, and just overall, fun! Phoebe is a strong-willed girl trying to get out of a horrible, arranged marriage and so begins series of misadventures and lapses in the proper rules of society. Always around to see her at her lowest is the ever grumpy and disdainful Viscount Damerel, who can't help but be charmed by her spirit. I feel like Phoebe was a really relatable protagonist, I think most of us feel stuck and hope for a life of grand adventure, I respect how hard she worked to go after it!

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for the ARC

Oh I had so much fun with this! An enemies to lovers can never go wrong, but when you make it historical? Instant hit! I loved how strong and determined Phoebe was. She wasn't the ordinary "I will do as I'm told", no. The characters were great and I really felt the author had done her research on the time period as well. Witty, clever and entertaining this book was a delight to read.

ׂ╰┈➤ ★★★★☆ (3.5 ⭐️)
‘Tis the scandal of the season! Hold onto your bonnets…

‘𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 ... 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏... 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 ... 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕!’ 🙈❤️❤️

・❥・Enemies to Lovers
・❥・Forbidden Romance
・❥・Bridgerton/Jane Austen-esque
・❥・Female lead lookin for adventure
・❥・No Spice
・❥・Regency Romance
・❥・Feminist Themes

Despite this novel having a confusing start, I quite enjoyed this more than I thought. From start to finish, the FMC, Phoebe, was a strong character and I liked that she could actually stand up for herself and didn’t bend to the way society expected females to act. She was courageous, adventurous, stubborn, had a good heart and so much more. I loved the bond Phoebe had with her sisters. She was very protective.

There were some things that didn’t work for me which was the narrative it was written in. I don’t mind third person, but it got so confusing every now and then, to me it could’ve worked better in first person. Which is why on the romance side of things between the FMC and MMC, it also got a touch confusing when they were supposedly “intimate” with each other. The ending felt like it kind of dropped off. Don’t get me wrong it was a beautiful ending, but I felt there were things that were left unanswered. Like does Sophie ever find out about the captain? Does the viscount know about his brother? Just some small things for me… maybe it’ll get explained in Sophie’s story.

The glossary was good, but it would be great to have it at the beginning of the book 😅

Overall, it was great, so now I’m in the mood for more regency romance that aren’t bridgerton. Jane Austen, here I come. I want more from this author too!

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 || ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡ ||

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ‘…𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢—‘

'𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘦!' 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ‘𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 male 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳,’ 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, '𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘰... 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦!

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ '𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩?' 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥. '𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯?'

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ '𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥,' 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, '𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵.'

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ …’𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵.'

'𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦?' 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ‘𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶,' 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥.

'𝘖𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘴?' 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥. '𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦?'

'𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺,' 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, '𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴?’ (Damn!! 🙈)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ '𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦,' 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. '𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶... 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘦? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵…’

Big thanks to NetGalley, One More Chapter and HarperCollins UK for the ARC. Can’t wait to read more from this author!!

An overall fun historical romance perfect for fans of Pride & Prejudice.
While this Austen-esque book takes a few liberties with the regency era, it’s perfect for the modern Austen fan.
A really fun and fast read, that will have you unwilling to put it down.
I do, however, wish that some of the side characters got more closure (maybe we will be getting more books set in this era🤞).
Hoping this author writes more “cozy” regency romances.

If you liked Pride and Prejudice (novel, film, mini-series) and also the recent film version of Persuasion, you might like this novel too. It's an enemies-to-lovers historical romance, but the language is more modern (not sure whether that is on purpose, though).

Phoebe is supposed to enter an arranged marriage with a much older Earl. She has about three months to escape her fate. Her first idea, running away and joining a theatrical group. Unfortunately, that doesn't quite work out as she planned. She met the Viscount Damerel though. The two of them bump into each other from then on. Phoebe and the viscount cross paths far too often from now on. Most often when Phoebe has managed to get herself into an embarrassing situation.

I liked the plot, but struggled with the aforementioned anachronistic language.

2.5/5 stars rounded up

A delightful Regency romance filled with wit, charm, and irresistible characters! Miss Phoebe Fairfax's daring spirit and the magnetic tension with Viscount Damerel make this novel impossible to put down—perfect for fans of Bridgerton and Jane Austen.

i was hooked to this book this moment i started it. from start to end it is chaotic and fun and with a headstrong, likeable female lead in phoebe who wants an adventure before she’s married. the romance is excellent, a slow burn with constant bickering and a pleasing ending. i would have read 100 more pages of phoebe and the viscount’s story at least.

Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this story and this is my freely given opinion.

This is a new to me author and I would not mind seeing more from her. This is a historical romance set in the Regency era with a young woman seeking to live beyond the boundaries set by her family and Society.

Miss Phoebe Fairfax finds herself about to be arranged in a betrothal to an Earl older than her parents. But before that happens, she runs off seeking an adventure for herself. This leads her down the path to a series of misadventures and follies that are witnessed and disdained by others in society including the popular, handsome Alexander, Viscount Damerel, and the conniving Aurelia. But even as Phoebe frequently falls (literally and figuratively) into missteps and embarrassments and finds that maybe adventures are not as great as they are cracked up to be, her spirit and fortitude seems to win the heart of the grumpy, stoic, disdainful viscount.

This is a cute, low steam, rom-com, enemies to lovers historical romance. There were some issues with language and terminology for the era, such as too much of the use of "okay", and I am finding the mean-girl dynamic rivalry between Aurelia and Phoebe more believable and interesting than a romance between Damarel and Phoebe. But it was cute and I feel for Phoebe feeling trapped and wanting to grab some living for herself before facing decades of having her spirit stifled in a forced marriage.

3 stars out of 5

This book takes you to the regency period in which Phoebe is engaged to an old man she doesn't want to marry. She is an adventurous type and wants to go out . But what if she comes across a handsome thief, who turns out to be a viscount?
This book has some funny scenes as well as some heartwarming scenes. I really enjoyed the storyline and writing style. This book is a nice read and really shows the regency area well. I enjoyed reading Mismatch of the Season

This felt way too long, with minimal plot. Unfortunately I DNFd it. I was 40% through and felt like nothing was really happening and I wasn't connected to any of the characters.

What a fun romance! It reminded me a lot of Pride and Prejudice, with a very outspoken FMC. I enjoyed that this story wasn't entirely focused on romance. The sisterly bond and Josephine's sickness played large parts in strengthening Phoebe's character and her reasoning for trying to avoid her upcoming marriage.

As for the romance part of the book, I unfortunately found it lacking. I enjoyed Phoebe's and Damerel's fighting and butting heads, but I didn't feel that there was enough connection between them for their emotions to be "love" rather than remaining in "dislike." The moments that they had together were great!! I loved him saving the day and trying to help so that Phoebe could show who she really was and wanted to be... but there wasn't a conversation that ever pivoted their relationship for me.

The beginning of this book was captivating, and I loved seeing Phoebe with her sisters and the secondary characters that impacted this story!

I adored this read! Gave me all the feels 💜. It is absolutely for the Jane Austen Girlies. Such a fun adventure with rich characters. I loved the sister’s dynamic as well. It was done so well and had impeccable Bridgerton vibes. This is how you write tension and yearning! I was BLUSHING 😊. There was zero spice, and I didn’t even miss it.

It is out now and I highly recommend!! Thank you to @netgalley and @mich_kenneybooks for the ARC.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC of this book. To be honest the beginning of this book was kind of herd for me to get into, but then it picked up quickly. I love the main character and the lengths she would go to in order to not have to marry the gross old man her brother is forcing her to marry. The story was fun and entertaining. If you enjoy reading Regency romance books, then give this one a try.

I love a regency romance and this one did not disappoint. Hilarious, engaging, heart warming and a great fun romp of a book. I adored this couple.
Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Heyer fans! This is awesome! Loved it. I don't want to just call it a Bridgerton themed book. This was fun on its own. Loved it.

3⭐️

✨I have only read regency era romance when I read the Bridgerton books and this was so fun to read. I really liked the plot and storyline, however I do wish we had more scenes of the couple actually together and paced out a bit more but if you love Pride and Prejudice you will love this.

✨ The tension, angst and element of what is going to happen was amazing and I had so much fun reading this. Phoebe was such a chaotic fun character and you would be insane not to fall for the Viscount.

✨I really loved how much it focused on the family relationships and hope this becomes a series, I would love to get the other siblings books!!

Do you want a book with a romance shoehorned in between a story about sisters and fighting for the right to be heard in a man’s society? Then this one is for you.

This is not a romance. I think if you put all the time together that Phoebe and her love interest spend together on the page it will add up to about 20 minutes. I can believe they spend spent more time together when she is convalescing at his home, but that is not shown on the page. The other issue I had is that none of the characters seem to grow, they all finished right where they started. Phoebe bemoans her fate the whole book and even though she wants to have a say over her future she doesn’t seem to ever have a conversation with her older brother who is forcing her marriage until almost the end of the book.

This book wanted to be a story of sisters, but was forced into being a romance. Two stars because I really did enjoy the antics, banter, and sister friendships shown, but this book was just not for me.

I'll keep saying this didn't hit for me. I was bored during most of it, I thought it was pretty basic. It felt very much as if I have read other historical romances with similar plots.

Just like there.

I got an e-arc of this book on NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Pride and Prejudice meets the March Sisters from Little Women in this delightfully teen regency romp.
I’ll admit I was a little off put by the age of the main character at first, but overall an enchantingly written story.