I only occasionally dabble in romance so this is my first Sarah MacLean. It was a pretty great choice for a first book and I’d definitely recommend it if you like historical romance. The premise is A++ for sure. Lady Philippa Marbury is the second to youngest daughter of an esteemed family. To put it bluntly, she’s kind of a weirdo (at least for the time period). Basically, think of the main character from Bones set in regency England and you have Pippa. She’s all […]
This Rogue is not so swoonworthy
The Rogue Not Taken (2015) is the first book I’ve read by Sarah MacLean. Each chapter begins with an alliterative sentence torn right from the gossip rags. The gossip always surrounds the “dangerous daughters” of a scandalous, socially climbing family. The eldest daughter is known for “tricking” a Duke into marriage, while all of her sisters are outrageous in their own ways. All except for the youngest, Sophie, who is known as the “boring and plain” daughter. Being boring doesn’t stop Sophie from pushing the unfaithful […]
Not a good road trip
This was another book I was anticipating, as Sarah Maclean is another of my favorite authors, and it’s another book that hasn’t lived up to my expectations. This is supposed to be a road trip romance, crossed with a take on the scandalous lives of a family of sisters in the mold of the Kardashians of the Regency set. After all, their names all start with the same letter, S…which I can’t be bothered to remember at this point. Sophie Talbot is the ‘unfun’ sister, […]
Ending the year on a high note
I did it, you guys. Triple Cannonball! Lady Sophie Talbot is the youngest daughter of a coal miner who it’s rumoured won his Earldom in a card game with the Prince Regent. Sophie was quite happy growing up in a little village in Cumbria, dreaming of marrying the baker’s boy and one day running her own bookshop. Moving to London and becoming part of the ton was never her dream, and unlike her sisters, who seem to clamber to outdo each other with regards to […]
It rather seems like scoundrels throw the best parties.
Sarah MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series is a highly entertaining series of four books about each of the four owners of the Fallen Angel, a gaming hell in London. An exclusive establishment trading in sin and secrets, it’s the location of choice for aristocrats to gamble away their wealth and holdings, where they’re held accountable by the scandalous information they must reveal about themselves or other members in order to gain membership in the first place. The four owners, each aristocrats themselves, have a tarnished […]
A historical romance with deep secrets and surprise revelations
4.5 stars Spoiler warning! It is actually IMPOSSIBLE for me to write about this book without spoiling some pretty major developments that involve all three former Rules for Scoundrels books. If you haven’t already read No Good Duke Goes Unpunished, PLEASE stay away from this review and return once you’re caught up. You’ll enjoy this book so much more if you heed my advice. The previous three books in the Rules for Scoundrels series told the story of the disgraced noblemen who opened The Fallen Angel, an exclusive […]
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