Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

first up for Tessa Dare, but wasn’t the last!

Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

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Someone’s review says: “Charlotte unravels the mystery of Piers while he just unravels” and while I cannot remember this book very well, having read it almost two months ago I remember even at that time reading that line and thinking that it tracked very well. What can I say about this book? THIS IS WHY I NEED TO WRITE REVIEWS AS I FINISH BOOKS. But also, we’re being kind to myself, and so it’s okay that I got behind. A thing that makes me giggle: […]

“She unsettled him; he anchored her. Together, they could be more than they were apart.”

Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

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I had a good time with Do You Want to Start a Scandal, primarily because it does one of my favorite things by putting a good deal of emotional intelligence into a character who may not be expected to have it and then let them deduce the world around them. It is deployed to good use as Charlotte Highwood goes head-to-head with Diplomat turned Spy Piers Brandon, Lord Granville after they are caught together during the Parkhurst ball but are not in fact the couple […]

“Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both.”

A Lady by Midnight (Spindle Cove #3) by Tessa Dare

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I can always trust Tessa Dare to bust a slump, and as exhaustion is one of my last remaining COVID symptoms, I’m not so much slumped as I am distractible. A Lady by Midnight took care of it either way, and I enjoyed my evening with it so much that I’m rating it five stars, and I know that I am one of the few around Cannonball Read to do so. I get it, but I’m also keeping my rating as is. I am currently […]

Another strong book from Tessa Dare

The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare

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Tessa Dare does a great job balancing humor and serious storytelling as a rule and this book is a very good example of that skill. Plot: We follow Lady Penelope Campion, my favourite of the gang, is a devoted animal lover and vegetarian. This has made her unpalatable to the men of London who for some reason don’t want to live in a house with a bunch of animals, including a goat. Gabriel Duke (not aristocrat, just named Duke, I see what you did there […]

I love animals, but this wasn’t my favorite

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

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I’ve had a cold and been spending a lot of time relaxing on my couch feeling sorry for myself. When I finished my last book, I thought a fun romance novel might be perfect for how I was feeling. I found The Wallflower Wager (2019) by Tessa Dare available at my library and downloaded it immediately. So, I’m not sure if it’s how I was feeling or that I just need a break from romances, but I didn’t love this one. Dare has a fun style, and […]

“She had a lifelong habit of extending care to animals too wild or frightened to accept it- which made her the bravest kind of fool.”

The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare

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This was not the book I was going to read next, but after the bummer of Royal Holiday I knew I needed a sure thing and a Tessa Dare book will always be a book that I quite enjoy. I pulled up the one I’d been saving, book three in the Girl Meets Duke series, and spent the afternoon and evening absorbed in Dare’s kooky version of Regency England. I love a fun, feminist, anachronistic romance novel and that is something that Tessa Dare delivers […]



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