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She Lives, or, Some Books I've Read Recently And Another I Don't Plan On Reading For Awhile
I am so over Harry Potter. I never saw the Goblet of Fire, I'm not planning to see Order of the Phoenix, and I'm going to wait until I can get Deathly Hollows at the library. Prisoner of Azkaban was the pinnacle anyway.
Instead, I've been reading romance: Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, and Mary Balogh.
Sins of a Duke, by Suzanne Enoch
I squealed (granted, a month late) when I realized the final book of the Griffin series was out, because I've been wanting Sebastian's story since I read Eleanor's two years ago. Loved it. Sebastian and Josefina were both perfectly rounded, with Sebastian retaining his dukish mannerisms while being driven insane by Princess Josefina, and Josefina being intelligent and capable and vulnerable. Definitely worth a re-read.
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever, by Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is one of my favorite authors, and I was sad when the Bridgerton series (close to my heart because the first Quinn I read was The Viscount Who Loved Me) came to an end. Grabbed this as soon as I realized it was available, and though there isn't a Bridgerton in sight, it may be one of my new favorites. Miranda Cheever is up there with Penelope Featherington as one of my favorite heroines now, and Turner is an ass without being so much of one that I want to stab him. It's a hard line to straddle.
London's Perfect Scoundrel, by Suzanne Enoch
A disappointment. I was looking forward to this one from the excerpt I read on Suzanne Enoch's website, but found it disappointing, and I think it was because of Victor. Evelyn's brother was completely unsympathetic, as was her mother, and as a result the whole story felt a bit off. Which is a shame, because I did enjoy the chemistry between Evie and Saint.
Currently I'm doing a lot of rereading - have re-read several of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter books lately, and several of the Bridgerton books - Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, The Duke and I, When He Was Wicked and The Viscount Who Loved Me - and at the moment I'm reading To Catch An Heiress. Caroline is another of my favorite Quinn heroines.
Julia Quinn is one of my favorite authors, and I was sad when the Bridgerton series (close to my heart because the first Quinn I read was The Viscount Who Loved Me) came to an end. Grabbed this as soon as I realized it was available, and though there isn't a Bridgerton in sight, it may be one of my new favorites. Miranda Cheever is up there with Penelope Featherington as one of my favorite heroines now, and Turner is an ass without being so much of one that I want to stab him. It's a hard line to straddle.
London's Perfect Scoundrel, by Suzanne Enoch
Currently I'm doing a lot of rereading - have re-read several of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter books lately, and several of the Bridgerton books - Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, The Duke and I, When He Was Wicked and The Viscount Who Loved Me - and at the moment I'm reading To Catch An Heiress. Caroline is another of my favorite Quinn heroines.
