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mckeanja's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
winniethefree's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
michellese's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
hayaah's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
angrydance's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
labellafigura's review against another edition
4.0
Tessa Dare writes charming characters that you want to have in your real life. She is a favorite author of mine and I saved this book as a “treat” read. I was not disappointed! Her characters and writing is a masterclass and are truly refreshing after reading quite a few books in which the writing is not of Tessa’s caliber. Her dialogue is captivating and her writing is is witty.
I find myself more often disgruntled with the third act breakup and reconciliation. TGG is similar. The hero, who had earned my support throughout the book, said (and did) some truly terrible things to the heroine. The kind of things that cut deeply, and Tessa glides right past a few major choices that are thrown in the heroines face. I need more time. More grovelling. More than the gesture the hero makes, as cute as it was. It was like a 30 min sitcom resolution, with the hurt easily waved away.
Perhaps this is why, lately, I’ve become a true lover of the slow burn. Of the yearning and decades-long change that feels more realistic. Of a character waking up every day and choosing to change, and then rewarded with love.
I will always be a Tessa Dare fan, she is a one-click for me! But this book needed just a little bit of something extra: more of the soul mate/fated mate connection; more time spent reckoning with their own faults.
I find myself more often disgruntled with the third act breakup and reconciliation. TGG is similar. The hero, who had earned my support throughout the book, said (and did) some truly terrible things to the heroine. The kind of things that cut deeply, and Tessa glides right past a few major choices that are thrown in the heroines face. I need more time. More grovelling. More than the gesture the hero makes, as cute as it was. It was like a 30 min sitcom resolution, with the hurt easily waved away.
Perhaps this is why, lately, I’ve become a true lover of the slow burn. Of the yearning and decades-long change that feels more realistic. Of a character waking up every day and choosing to change, and then rewarded with love.
I will always be a Tessa Dare fan, she is a one-click for me! But this book needed just a little bit of something extra: more of the soul mate/fated mate connection; more time spent reckoning with their own faults.
bookedinthemitten's review against another edition
4.5
I’ve only read two other Tessa Dare books and there is no other way to describe them other than utterly delightful. The Governess Game brings timekeeper Alexandra Mountbatten to the doorstep of Chase Reynaud, heir to a dukedom nearly a year after first meeting him at a bookshop(!). When Chase mistakes Alex for a prospective governess, he immediately offers her the job of teaching his two wards. I normally despise the employer/employee plot but Dare brings so much warmth and lightheartedness to their dynamic that it’s hard not to love them (this is also a benefit of the setting- I tend to be much more forgiving when reading HRs). His wards, Rosamund and Daisy, are sweet and funny and their growing relationship with Chase and Alex is also fun to read.