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nellesnightstand1's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted on Nelle's NightStandI've been looking forward to this one for a while!
The opening line is fantastic!!
"In the shadows of the private opera box, Nathaniel Grey lowered the glass of whiskey from his lips and smiled down at the beautifully coiffed head bobbing at his crotch."
It gives it a little dirty connotation to the book but basically proves what a rogue Nathaniel is and how different he is with Emily! And he very much is!
Emily brother is tragically injured and as he lays dying, he begs for his sister. Nathaniel is determined to fulfill his best friends last wish.
He's just not expecting to be shot at when he goes to retrieve his friends recently widowed sister!
Emily and Nathaniel have a bit of a background and tons of chemistry. Emily is hiding a huge secret and doesn't want to endanger her family and fights tooth and nail to NOT return to London.
Nathaniel succeeds in getting her in the carriage and the have some steamy scenes along the way.
Nathaniel is so sexy, sweet and protective of Emily. He is hiding a secret of his own and I love that when they each learn the others secrets they both take them in stride!
Anna Harrington has taken the historical genre by storm! Witty, original characters and a steamy plot wins out!
jendoyleink's review against another edition
5.0
Pulled me in from the beginning and I couldn't put it down. I loved Emily, loved Grey, and loved their relationships with Thomas, Edward and Kate. Can't wait for #3 in the series!
nellesnightstand's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted on Nelle's NightStandI've been looking forward to this one for a while!
The opening line is fantastic!!
"In the shadows of the private opera box, Nathaniel Grey lowered the glass of whiskey from his lips and smiled down at the beautifully coiffed head bobbing at his crotch."
It gives it a little dirty connotation to the book but basically proves what a rogue Nathaniel is and how different he is with Emily! And he very much is!
Emily brother is tragically injured and as he lays dying, he begs for his sister. Nathaniel is determined to fulfill his best friends last wish.
He's just not expecting to be shot at when he goes to retrieve his friends recently widowed sister!
Emily and Nathaniel have a bit of a background and tons of chemistry. Emily is hiding a huge secret and doesn't want to endanger her family and fights tooth and nail to NOT return to London.
Nathaniel succeeds in getting her in the carriage and the have some steamy scenes along the way.
Nathaniel is so sexy, sweet and protective of Emily. He is hiding a secret of his own and I love that when they each learn the others secrets they both take them in stride!
Anna Harrington has taken the historical genre by storm! Witty, original characters and a steamy plot wins out!
kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
Gosh, this was so not one of my favorites. I tend to dislike books where the heroine is still mooning about the guy she was crushing on back when she was a teenager, and this was one of those. Emily is pretty tough; the first time we see her she's got a musket in her hand. She's widowed but she was also unhappily married, so. Unfortunately, Grey, the hero, inspired me to wonder if because a man is a rogue, he also has to be an asshole. I will never see the appeal in some guy who thinks he can use women as he wants, even though the heroine of course completely reforms him. Also, during charged erotic moments, he keeps calling Emily "brat," which, come on, insulting someone when you're getting it on is NOT sexy, plus it's her brother's nickname for her, so ew. And sexual attraction is seemingly all these two have in common. They have sex again and again and again, but what is there besides that in this relationship? I'm giving this two starts because I was able to finish it. But I've really liked Anna Harrington's other books and I was disappointed in this one.
heyhaley17's review against another edition
4.0
I've only read one other Harrington book and was more than happy to read another. I was far from disappointed, espeically when this one sells itself as a bit of a childhood friend/romance, at least according to the back of the book. I am a huge sucker for that particular trope.
However, that is where my one real dislike of the book comes in-- it is definitely not a case of what is implied. In fact, the two barely interacted with each other in the past with the exception of a few brief encounters and a young girl asking him to teach her to kiss. There was no real major interactions between them in the past with the exception of the one kiss which was not sold as particularly romantic. If there was more romantic feelings stirring between them, or even for one of them, in the past it certainly was brought up at all in the books, and yet it seems to be a huge basis for the relationship which happens ridiculously fast (espeically considering the lack of past developments). This could have been help by including WAY more interaction between them through flashbacks and such.
The fact that I really found interest in the light "mystery" factors and the characters themselves did make up for the things that were lacking. In fact, I did find the romance between Grey and Emily rather endearing and emotional, but considering that it is a romance book, I would have liked a more believable romantic development between Emily and Grey to back it up. The romance was saved the times the characters were together, my like of the characters individually and as a couple-- then mixed with the plot I enjoyed the book overall and it was a really quick read.
However, that is where my one real dislike of the book comes in-- it is definitely not a case of what is implied. In fact, the two barely interacted with each other in the past with the exception of a few brief encounters and a young girl asking him to teach her to kiss. There was no real major interactions between them in the past with the exception of the one kiss which was not sold as particularly romantic. If there was more romantic feelings stirring between them, or even for one of them, in the past it certainly was brought up at all in the books, and yet it seems to be a huge basis for the relationship which happens ridiculously fast (espeically considering the lack of past developments). This could have been help by including WAY more interaction between them through flashbacks and such.
The fact that I really found interest in the light "mystery" factors and the characters themselves did make up for the things that were lacking. In fact, I did find the romance between Grey and Emily rather endearing and emotional, but considering that it is a romance book, I would have liked a more believable romantic development between Emily and Grey to back it up. The romance was saved the times the characters were together, my like of the characters individually and as a couple-- then mixed with the plot I enjoyed the book overall and it was a really quick read.
lumbermouth's review against another edition
3.0
Cynical rake discovers his best friend's sister is a) grown-ass babe; b) assertive widow; c) complex individual who contains multitudes. Looks within his own self! Grows as a person!
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rjordan19's review
2.0
I just could not get into this book. I tried. And tried. And tried. Something about the writing...it just didn’t pull me. And the hero always calling her brat yet I felt like there wasn’t enough build up/explanation about their history together. I gave up about 30%.