Musings on Romance
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Change With Me by Kristen Proby, narrated by Lance Greenfield & Lauren Sweet. Fairy-talesque accidental roommates novella about a movie star and a first grade teacher. It works if you can suspend your disbelief enough.
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Rhythm Method by Kylie Scott, narrated by Andi Arndt. Evelyn and David have a baby.
I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta. Eye-opening and eye-watering but more than just minotaur sex.
One Fine Fae by Molly Harper, narrated by Amanda Ronconi & Jonathan Davis – B- I listened to the most recent full length book in this series recently, Shifters in the Night, and realised I’d missed this novella where Jillian and Bael’s baby is born. So I backtracked, naturally. Charlotte is a fae-human midwife who uses her magic to bless the babies she assists into the world. Leonard is the hapless assistant to Sonya and Jillian at the League, living under a longstanding family curse which makes him clumsy when stressed. The more stressed he is, the more clumsy. Charlotte is instantly drawn to the sweet-natured Leonard and discovers that she may be able to break the curse.
And, of course, Jillian’s baby arrives. Given she is carrying a “giant metal egg” inside her I was interested in how she was going to manage quite apart from just wanting to listen to how the happy event occurs for Jillian and Bael’s benefit.
One Fine Fae is novella-length and does not have a suspense plot like the other books. I kept waiting for it but it never arrived. Continue reading
I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Unseen & The Adversary duology by Thea Harrison. I read them together so I reviewed them together. As the first book ends on a (well-publicised) cliffhanger, the read like one book anyway so it made sense to review them that way.
A Rogue’s Downfall by Mary Balogh – C+/B- I pick up Mary Balogh’s old Signet Regencies as they become available electronically. Some are better than others. A Rogue’s Downfall is a collection of three novellas which were originally published in multi-author anthologies between 1993 and 1995 and falls somewhere in the middling range overall.
The Anniversary tells the story of a rake who compromised a debutante and ended up married with a baby. Hugh Reardon, Earl of Richmond, feels guilty for his conduct and stays away for most of a year. In fact, he thinks of what he did as rape but it is clear to readers that Amy was entirely willing. I did not find any dubious consent in the story but I did appreciate that he wondered about his conduct and felt guilty and actually named it in his mind as rape. Perversely, if he was as bad as he thought he might have been he’d never have considered the term as applying to him. In any event, he had loved her from afar and has been true to his marriage vows. He longs fro his wife and son and tries to woo her of the course of the day of their “anniversary” (ie the anniversary of sex, not the wedding). While he does not regret their marriage he wishes what led to it had been different and so he tries a version of a do-over. Amy is, understandably, initially suspicious but as she loved him prior to their encounter too, she’s by no means immune to his charms. The story is sweet, full of inappropriate servants and could have been longer but I liked it well enough. Continue reading
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