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andrea_author's review
4.0
This is my first Bree Wolf book, and I was enchanted from the beginning. I liked the story, the characters, the humor, the writing style—everything, really. The pace is on the slow side, making it the kind of book you savor. So be prepared to settle in and enjoy!
I received a NetGalley ARC, and this is my honest and voluntary review.
I received a NetGalley ARC, and this is my honest and voluntary review.
rjordan19's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑 (judged by kiss length)
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): only kisses
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person perspective from both hero and heroine
Cliffhanger: No
Epilogue: Yes, 3 months later
Should I read in order?
This is book 5 in Wolf’s Happy Ever Regency series. There is time spent with prior main couples in this book and it might be better to know all the characters as you read the series? Overall the romance is okay as a stand alone though.
Basic plot:
Charlaine is ready for a new start in England and meets Nathaniel, a man bitter over the ending of his betrothal in America.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency - 1813
- English hero/Jamaican heroine
- fairy tale retellings – the whole series is based on classics like Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, Cinderella, etc. This one is The Frog Prince
- sunshine and grump feel
- the hero suffers from pain and depression from a prior relationship
- masquerade!
- big family/friends feel (lots of side characters)
- very light epistolary part
- friends to lovers though the friendship happens on page – they don’t know each other at the beginning of the story
- this had a big heroine nurses hero back to health feel for me –though it’s purely emotional. The heroine really works to make the hero feel safe, laugh, and kind of come back to his old self.
First line:
Nathanial Caswell, younger brother to the Earl of Pembroke by no more than a few minutes, stood in his study, hands linked behind his back and his eyes directed out the window.
My thoughts:
Sadly, I couldn’t get into this one. I have read a novella from Bree Wolf before and I really enjoyed it – it had humor and heart and some decent tension (I knew she was a low steam author with usually just kisses, so I was prepared). But this one lacked on that for me and I ended up not feeling much reading this one.
I do enjoy a tortured hero, and I like the idea behind the sunshine and grump vibes here. I generally liked both of the characters, though the hero took a bit too long to realize everything for me and come around.
What really got me about this one was the ending. The separation and then the scenes with his ex-fiance, I was not feeling that AT ALL, not that late in the book. I felt like the hero needed to come to terms with his feelings on his own instead of how he did and it just left too much to be desired from him for me to really be in love with their HEA.
Content warnings:
- Remembrance of sickness decimating a village
- Possible feelings of infidelity the hero kisses his ex fiance towards the end of the book
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex:
21% - kiss
59% - kiss
66% - kiss
83% - hero kisses his ex-fiance and realizes he loves the heroine
91% - kiss
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑 (judged by kiss length)
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): only kisses
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person perspective from both hero and heroine
Cliffhanger: No
Epilogue: Yes, 3 months later
Should I read in order?
This is book 5 in Wolf’s Happy Ever Regency series. There is time spent with prior main couples in this book and it might be better to know all the characters as you read the series? Overall the romance is okay as a stand alone though.
Basic plot:
Charlaine is ready for a new start in England and meets Nathaniel, a man bitter over the ending of his betrothal in America.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency - 1813
- English hero/Jamaican heroine
- fairy tale retellings – the whole series is based on classics like Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, Cinderella, etc. This one is The Frog Prince
- sunshine and grump feel
- the hero suffers from pain and depression from a prior relationship
- masquerade!
- big family/friends feel (lots of side characters)
- very light epistolary part
- friends to lovers though the friendship happens on page – they don’t know each other at the beginning of the story
- this had a big heroine nurses hero back to health feel for me –
First line:
Nathanial Caswell, younger brother to the Earl of Pembroke by no more than a few minutes, stood in his study, hands linked behind his back and his eyes directed out the window.
My thoughts:
Sadly, I couldn’t get into this one. I have read a novella from Bree Wolf before and I really enjoyed it – it had humor and heart and some decent tension (I knew she was a low steam author with usually just kisses, so I was prepared). But this one lacked on that for me and I ended up not feeling much reading this one.
I do enjoy a tortured hero, and I like the idea behind the sunshine and grump vibes here. I generally liked both of the characters, though the hero took a bit too long to realize everything for me and come around.
What really got me about this one was the ending. The separation and then the scenes with his ex-fiance, I was not feeling that AT ALL, not that late in the book. I felt like the hero needed to come to terms with his feelings on his own instead of how he did and it just left too much to be desired from him for me to really be in love with their HEA.
Content warnings:
- Remembrance of sickness decimating a village
- Possible feelings of infidelity
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex:
21% - kiss
59% - kiss
66% - kiss
83% - hero kisses his ex-fiance and realizes he loves the heroine
91% - kiss
jillmlong's review
1.0
This story just wasn't for me. I didn't connect with the characters. I found Nathaniel to be self centered and self pitying. Charlaine acted more like an adolescent than a woman. I lost interest in the story.
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