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Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn

laurenjodi's review

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3.0

Everything and the Moon
3 Stars

As a huge fan of Quinn's Bridgertons series, it always amazes me that the same writer is responsible for her ridiculously plotted early works.

Everything and the Moon has potential as a story of lovers reunited after a huge misunderstanding. Let me preface the rest of this review by saying that this theme is one I detest with a vengeance. That said, it is actually well-written here and the first half of the book is engaging, particularly due to Robert and Victoria's witty sniping and bickering (Quinn is very skilled at this type of dialogue).

Unfortunately, the second half of the book is drawn out and tedious. The huge misunderstanding is quickly resolved and the rest of the story revolves around Robert's obsessive determination to force Victoria into marriage (supposedly for her own good) and her playing hard to get - running hot one minute and cold the next. At this point, I lost interest in the characters and their romance despite their early chemistry.

All in all, the book is well-written (despite the repetitions of some scenes that act more as filler), the dialogue is snappy and there are several endearing moments that make it all worthwhile.

adelita18's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

ashleydwilliamson's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

hailbail's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

digitlchic's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5...

thaven's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Did not enjoy the MMC in this book he comes across as very controlling for most of the book. 

arabellasbooks's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5

In this book we follow Victoria and Robert as they go through their instance of love at first sight, ending in a prevented elopement (daddy issues as hell) and then ‘reconcile’ seven years later and Robert makes it his life mission to get Victoria back with him. The two are constantly going back and forth with Victoria trying to deny her positive feelings for him and muster up all anger and negativity she can whereas Robert has his mind set on ‘ruining’ her so she has to be with him. This is the situation for the majority of the book when they eventually do get back together again - after Robert essentially abducts Victoria - and they end up procuring a special license and marrying a few days later and introducing themselves to society prior to the end of the season.

I thought this would be a second chance romance however I was disappointed with what I read. Don’t get me wrong there were scenes and moments that I liked however I felt a lot of things were glossed over such as the Vicar’s treatment of his daughters and Robert’s mindset towards getting back with Victoria was not a healthy thing - ruining and abducting her and getting her to become his mistress as opposed to his wife - and no matter how hard Julia Quinn tried to get us to like Robert and ‘see him’ realising his mistakes it just felt glossed over and pushed to the side. Also Victoria was not the most loveable Quinn character I have read about as she felt very inconsistent throughout and although she claimed to want to stand up for herself she never did it as often as I think she could have, especially regarding Robert, and I think Quinn used the ideas of love at first sight to diminish that and I was just not a fan.

xishimmerix's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

torilovesheas's review against another edition

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3.0

The thing with Julian Quinn is that I start off reading a book of hers and LOVE the first 40-ish percent. But then at some point after that either the plot gets nonsensical or the characters become insufferable. This was a case of the latter.

The beginning was PHENOM. From the kidnapping to about 95% was 10/10. Unfortunately there’s some absolutely unhinged rage on Victoria’s end and she just could not move past it. And that’s fine…..if we had gotten scenes of them really bonding and getting to know each other again after 7 years of seperate on. Alas, Victoria spends too much time screaming at Robert, insisting she’s strong and independent (she’s been on her own for three weeks lol), and running into danger like an idiot because he’s having a tantrum.

The three stars is really for the first half and the kidnapping plot, because the rest was a little bit too annoying for me.

Also there’s a villain and two run ins with them that contributed not a thing to the story. I mean…it was fine. But it felt weirdly rushed. And by that point, I lost a lot of interest.


CW: attempted SA if FMC (but not by the MMC )

beckyschwartz's review against another edition

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4.0

Julia Quinn is so good at this. I hate books with huge misunderstandings (like, can’t everyone just be an adult and talk to each other?) but I liked this one.