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A review by agrippinaes
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
4.0
Amelia’s family has been changed forever by her brother suddenly inheriting a viscountcy. Now thrust into the world of the aristocracy, Amelia is forced to try and bend her unconventional and messy family to fit their new role, and she aims to start by dragging her brother away from the debauched lifestyle he sunk into following the death of his fiancee a few years earlier. To do this she takes them off to their new country seat - but first she has to find her brother, and its in doing this that she encounters Cam, manager of Jenner’s, a gambling club. They’re instantly attracted to one another but never expect to meet again - until she runs into him once more after her family’s removal to the country, learning he is friends with her new neighbours. Cam is half-Roma, and longs to return to his roots after finding himself increasingly trapped and stifled by living amongst the ton, so he’s planning to leave it all behind - until he can no longer deny his interest in Amelia, and begins to make plans of a different kind.
I had a lot of fun reading this. I felt like I was slipping into a bit of a slump and Lisa Kleypas’ writing was enough to get me out of it; she’s just so easy to read and so engaging. This definitely wasn’t my favourite book of hers, but it was enjoyable and the romance was good. Amelia and Cam had good chemistry and there were some really sweet and steamy moments between the pair of them. I liked how they bounced off each other - it was genuinely entertaining and even though they had only known each other a short while I never felt like their relationship felt rushed or forced.
I do question some of the depictions of Roma people in this book - I’m not from this community so I can’t fully judge but there was an exoticisation of both Cam and Merripen that I didn’t like, and I didn’t think some of the anti-Romani sentiment shown by some characters was fully reckoned with. I also didn’t think the novel needed all of the drama at the end - it felt overly dramatic and the subplot involvingthe hidden treasure was barely even hinted at prior to it becoming a major part of the ending.
This was an enjoyable book in a lot of ways - there were just a few issues with it that I wasn’t sure about and I thought the ending was quite weak. Still, I think if you like Kleypas’ books then this is a decent start to a series.
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I had a lot of fun reading this. I felt like I was slipping into a bit of a slump and Lisa Kleypas’ writing was enough to get me out of it; she’s just so easy to read and so engaging. This definitely wasn’t my favourite book of hers, but it was enjoyable and the romance was good. Amelia and Cam had good chemistry and there were some really sweet and steamy moments between the pair of them. I liked how they bounced off each other - it was genuinely entertaining and even though they had only known each other a short while I never felt like their relationship felt rushed or forced.
I do question some of the depictions of Roma people in this book - I’m not from this community so I can’t fully judge but there was an exoticisation of both Cam and Merripen that I didn’t like, and I didn’t think some of the anti-Romani sentiment shown by some characters was fully reckoned with. I also didn’t think the novel needed all of the drama at the end - it felt overly dramatic and the subplot involving
This was an enjoyable book in a lot of ways - there were just a few issues with it that I wasn’t sure about and I thought the ending was quite weak. Still, I think if you like Kleypas’ books then this is a decent start to a series.
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Violence, death of a parent (in past), anti-Romani sentiment, grief, drug use, suicide ideation / suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, scenes of sicknes / serious injuries, medical treatment, fire.Other: