It’s been a while since I read an Eloisa James’ book, and this title has been sitting on my shelf for too long . . . So I picked it up, blew off some dust, and got comfy on the couch for possible another enjoyable James’ story. An enjoyable read it was, indeed! The story is not that complicated—although for the characters there’s lots at stake—and everything flows well. However, […]
Scandals and gossips always spread like the plague, and way too often add some ‘spicy’ untruthful details that make them hard to digest for the interested people, full of jealousy and repressed hatred. Not swooning over Alex McDonough Foakes proves to be quite a challenge for Charlotte as much as for the reader. There are certainly moments where your knees feel weak, and others in which you refrain yourself from […]
As soon as I opened the book, I was sure I was about to read one of those pleasurable stories Eloisa James always delivers to her readers, but I had no idea I would have found myself so much captivated. From descriptions to language, characters, backgrounds and the very appreciated twists, everything was exquisitely executed. I haven’t read the other instalments in the Desperate Duchesses series, but I didn’t have […]
Looking at this book, the first thing that pops in our mind is that it’s a retelling of Rapunzel. Well, don’t be tricked by it. It surely has something to do with the tale we know, but here Rapunzel sort of meets with Romeo & Juliet and everything takes more the shape of a Shakespearean play. Which I can only love, indeed! It’s a refreshing novel with characters not perfect […]