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jehansen127's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
Graphic: Abandonment and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, and Colonisation
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
smithrachaelynn's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.75
Things I liked:
- Kate and Thorne’s history together.
I love that they knew each other as children and had such a strong connection. - The family and belonging aspect of this story was really sweet too. I liked seeing Kate get to know her true family and build relationships with them.
Things I didn’t like:
- What drove me nuts and kept me from rating this higher was Thorne’s thick-skulled notion about not being good enough for her. It irritated me the first time, but it went on to happen multiple times throughout the book and created a lot of push and pull between him and Kate.
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, and War
friends2lovers's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
2.0
“I am completely alone”
His grip firmed on her arms. “I’m here. You’re not alone now.”
I thought I was in the mood for a Dare-style lighthearted romance when I started this. Maybe that mood passed while I was in the middle of it. It was quite boring and I never connected much with the characters or the story. I’m glad Kate got her family in the end, but the Gramercys were not that great and I feel like she deserved better. I had to force myself to pick up the book to finish it. I did like the romantic tension between Thorne and Kate in the beginning.
Dare seems to be so hit or miss for me, and unfortunately, this was a miss. And I seem to be terrible at predicting when I’m in the right mood for her books. At this rate, it’s going to take me FOREVER to get through Spindle Cove. I put Beauty and the Blacksmith on hold at the library, but it’s very likely I won’t feel like reading it when it finally becomes available.
Series: Spindle Cove #3
Genre: Historical Romance
Setting: Summer 1814
Hero: Corporal Samuel Thorne, blue eyes (Eye color is the only physical descriptor I noted for him. Did I miss it? I imagined him with dark hair, but don’t know if that’s accurate.), he also has tattoos, age 28-29
Heroine: Kate Taylor, Lady Katherine Adele Gramercy, legitimate daughter of a marquess , distinctive port wine birthmark on her temple (kind of shaped like a heart), orphaned, brown hair, age 23
Point-of-View: 3rd person, alternating between Thorne and Kate
Tropes/Themes: pining hero, fake engagement, starchy hero, secret/unknown past, nursed back to health
Format: ebook borrowed from Hoopla
Length: 97k words (novel)
Read Date: April 9, 2022
Heat Index: 2.6 🌡️🌡️
Heat Index: 2.6 🌡️🌡️
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, and War
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