Welcome to Litsy!

With that, my #BastardsBeforeBelles reread is done. I actually enjoyed this more the second time. I think MacLean does a good job of redeeming the villain of the first two books. I know not everyone agrees, but I loved both the “real” story behind the night Ewan attacked Grace, Devil, & Whit and the fact that he left London, and worked to make himself a better person, to redeem himself, not relying on Grace to change or save him. Brilliant. 💖

I love a good grovel..and this book gave great grovel! I hated Ewan so he needed to make up for a lot, but I loved how he redeemed himself and made himself worthy of the awesomeness that is Grace. She‘s the queen of her domain and she is just amazing.

I usually love Sarah MacLean, but this didn't even feel like her. I feel as though she wrote herself into a corner making us hate someone in the earlier Bareknuckle Bastards who becomes the love interest interest in this book, and it feels forced.

#romantsy
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It‘s not quite as epic a grovel as Day of the Duchess but it is pretty epic and it‘s a lot of fun. It was also just what I needed to escape from the every day. And it‘s got a lovely book cover for sunny weather!

Next romance read. And yes I bought the us edition and got it sent to the UK. And it‘s signed. I just couldn‘t resist.

It‘s the week of the yellow covers!

I saw some mixed feedback that there wasn‘t much of a plot in this one, but I barely noticed because I was rooting so hard for Grace and Ewan to work it out. MacLean can really do no wrong in my eyes. Is her next really not out until next year??? #romantsy

I didn‘t know how Sarah MacLean was going to be able to write a satisfying, believable redemption arc for the villain of the first two books in the Bareknuckle Bastards series, but boy did she! I love the character development in this one, and MacLean writes such immersive stories that I actually feared we wouldn‘t get the HEA. My only quibble is the lack of laugh-out-loud moments. Overall, a great end to the series.

This is probably my favorite and least favorite of Maclean‘s books at the same time and I don‘t know if I can explain it. I love a bad guy, I love the guy who tears the world down and gets the girl. I loved the ending with the brothers coming together. I love how Sarah created the groveling reconciliation but I felt it wasn‘t enough. Ewan nearly took Hattie and I love her so maybe there‘s my anger? Anyways, read this series, it‘s amazing.

Was finally able to start Sarah MacLean‘s latest book! Loving it so far! I love everything she writes! If you like historical romance and haven‘t read her yet, you should!

#jubilantjuly #readathon

I am in the minority with this one. I waited a year for this and am sadly disappointed with it. Talk about repetition, and I swear, if “memories came rushing back” one more time, I was going to scream! I only gave it a so-so and not a pan because when something was actually happening, it was interesting. But honestly this book was all feelings and hardly any plot, in my opinion.

Got my signed copy plus goodies in the mail today! I absolutely love the fan art! 😍

And, somehow, we‘re at the end of another Sarah MacLean series. I‘ll admit, I wasn‘t sure how MacLean was going to pull this off, but she did. I will say it had less external-plot driving than expected—and more character-based plot driving. In retrospect, that makes sense for what this novel needed to accomplish.

Following along to online discourse on this one makes me jealous of people‘s memories in terms of what references they can pick up.

Up next! I should‘ve ordered through her site, as I keep seeing all the goodies that came with other‘s preorders. I ran to Barnes and Noble and grabbed the only copy (seriously. One copy! Maybe I missed a shelf that had more, but I walked around that darn store looking for more because this one has a slight scratch on the spine. I‘m weird)

#BOOKMAIL! 💛💛

I am seriously tempted to stay up all night reading this. I don‘t need to be able to function at work tomorrow, right?? 🤣🤣

Received my preordered autographed copy of Sarah MacLean‘s newest book! It comes out tomorrow! I‘m so glad I cancelled my Amazon preorder and ordered it through Sarah‘s local bookshop. It also came with some fun goodies that I have to figure out where I want to stick them 😂

#NewBooks #SummerReading

I‘ve enjoyed how the mad Duke tackled the strong willed Grace 😅 It has it‘s shortcoming but overall an exciting romance 😘 A good fight with a happy ever after ending that I‘m intrigued😍 “You are a Queen. Tonight I am your throne” Thanks to Edelweiss for this lovely e-ARC in return for my honest review!

13 books read in May. 😁
7 ARCs
4 Audiobook
2 #botm
10 Romance
1 Urban Fantasy
1 Thriller
1 Science Fiction

1. At a bookshop yes and when I‘m browsing. A book has to catch my eye for me to pick it up and look at the blurb.
2. I just preordered the tagged book. Comes out in July.
3. Internet (don‘t have cable or anything)
4. Usually the snooze button. I hate waking up.
5. Tagging my next #LMPBC group! @mrsmarch @UnidragonFrag @Yoshi-and-a-book