Like No Other Lover
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061717772 (0061717770)
Publish date: October 28th 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
I have no problem with sexually-liberated heroines or premarital sex in a historical romance, or even casual, itch-scratching, no-strings-attached sex (in contemporary settings), but this book made me realize what I've never been able to articulate before: I get squicked out by historical romance no...
Quick thoughts:- favorite part of this book is the characters. this was a very character driven novel and without those strong leads and secondaries, it would have fell flat- some parts were hilarious- chemistry between the leads- reminiscent of the earlier Bridgerton novels- horrendous cover and ba...
Quite wrenching in places, and one of the best first kiss scenes I've read lately. There's really something to be said for the way this book takes the trope of the beautiful social climber and turns it on its head.
Surprised at how much I disliked this. Cynthia was a horribly unpleasant character and all of Miles' mental lusting was tedious. It's too bad, because I really liked the first in this series.
I don't normally like house party stories - where all the action is so contained over a few days, but it worked for me here. I am a sucker for the more-than-meets-the-eye beauty trope, and the warm up between Cynthia and Miles is really fun. Cynthia's wicked drinking game had me giggling like mad ...