Well Played by Jen DeLuca
CBR Square- Smash I liked Well Met, and Well Played is the next book in the series by Jen DeLuca set in a small Maryland town called Willow Creek that has it’s own Renaissance Festival. We even see the wedding of the first couple, at the Festival but not in costume, Simon and Emily. Emily and Stacey, the main character in this book, are wenches at the Faire. Stacey is cosplaying at being happy in her life, she feels stuck in the town and stuck […]
Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
The issue with putting off reviews until (looks at calendar) almost a month and a half after reading a book is that you start to forget what on earth happened in these books to make you give them the ratings you did! I think my biggest issue with this book–from what I remember at least, mea culpa mea culpa–is that the conceit is a bit much for me to take. You have to believe that April has spent twelve years (TWELVE) as a sort of […]
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Girl meets boy, girl hates boy, girl joins boy’s small-town Renaissance Faire as a busty tavern wench…you know the drill. I started getting into romcoms last summer as fluffy escapism from everything going on, and in the last eight months as things have grown increasingly dark I’m now averaging one spicy enemies-to-lovers for every two books of any other genre, so at this point, I’m just looking for a fun two-day read with a happy ending, the more bonkers the premise, the better. And in […]
Well Met by Jen Deluca
I received Well Met from the CBR Gift Exchange last year. I was sent a lovely copy of the book that was autographed by the author. Well Met is the story of Emily, who is staying with her sister and niece while the sister recovers from a broken leg. One of Emily’s duties ends up being taking part in a renaissance festival. Her niece, Caitlin, can’t participate without an adult. So Emily becomes Emma the barwench. Unfortunately, Emily clashes with Simon, English teacher, director of […]
Well Played by Jen DeLuca
Not Like the Movies by Kerry Winfrey
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
Continuing with my year-end wrap-up of books that I didn’t feel like reviewing earlier, this post will feature three “sequels” to books I have previously read and reviewed. First up, Well Played. Truly, a disappointment. I was so looking forward to this one, a follow-up to last year’s fun and charming Well Met. Still set in the weird little Maryland town that obsesses over a summer Renaissance Faire, this time we focus on Emily and Simon’s friend Stacey, who worked as a pub wench with […]
Well Met by Jen Deluca
Everything is closed, so enjoy a very long review about a book I hated. Let’s start with the general plot: 25 year old Emily was recently dumped by her boyfriend and lost her job at the bar where she worked. She is aimless and feeling down on herself because she supported said boyfriend through law school and he dumped her as soon as he was out in the world. Fortunately, her (very distant) sister April got into a terrible car accident and needed a full […]
