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annick's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
I definitely enjoyed this third book of the series. Book two is slightly more fun. This one has a dark element to the plot (CW: FMC manipulated by stranger, and then humiliated publicly ). I found the plot dragged in the snowed-in estate house.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
alisoun's review against another edition
4.5
Again absolutely incredible book.
Both Arabella and Alastair were wonderful characters and so fucking deep.
I loved how claustrophobic the house party they crashed was, and the tiny coach they ride in together. Niven writes that kind of atmosphere so well.
I wanted more reconciliation between Arabella's feelings about her mother and also Catherine. I wanted to see inside her head for that.
Contains:
Only one carriage
She has more sexual experience than him
Fake marriage
Performing surgery with your love!
Both Arabella and Alastair were wonderful characters and so fucking deep.
I loved how claustrophobic the house party they crashed was, and the tiny coach they ride in together. Niven writes that kind of atmosphere so well.
I wanted more reconciliation between Arabella's feelings about her mother and also Catherine. I wanted to see inside her head for that.
Contains:
Only one carriage
She has more sexual experience than him
Fake marriage
Performing surgery with your love!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
livruther's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
i liked this, and i thought the epilogue was really good, but i wanted a little bit more out of the actual last chapter and i wasn’t obsessed with the conflict(s)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content
gemin1reader's review against another edition
2.75
This was my least favourite of the series, purely because I found the main characters a bit annoying.
There’s some great tropes - Regency road trip, virgin MMC, sex lessons, forced proximity, class differences, one-bed etc.
I did like that Arabella was opinionated - particularly about female pleasure - but she was also very stroppy. And Alasdair was sweet but veered the slightest bit towards ‘nice guy’ for me. I didn’t find the sex scenes very sexy 🫤 and I hated that they were ‘in love’ based on an initial ten minute meeting.
There’s also a horrible other character who bizarrelygets appendicitis and is saved by an operation I’m fairly sure would have actually killed him at the time. But he wasn’t a character I had any sympathy for so it was all a bit odd.
There’s some great tropes - Regency road trip, virgin MMC, sex lessons, forced proximity, class differences, one-bed etc.
I did like that Arabella was opinionated - particularly about female pleasure - but she was also very stroppy. And Alasdair was sweet but veered the slightest bit towards ‘nice guy’ for me. I didn’t find the sex scenes very sexy 🫤 and I hated that they were ‘in love’ based on an initial ten minute meeting.
There’s also a horrible other character who bizarrely
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Vomit
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