Welcome to Litsy!

"There was shit on the heel of Emily's shoe."

Starting with a bang today.

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Such a cute romance. This is not a spicy book (unless you count witty repartee), but the romance is cute and endearing.

Not what I expected and not really to my taste. I appreciate the representation, but I found the characters unrelatable, unsympathetic, and largely unlikable. The conflict didn‘t work for me, either, so the resolution felt off. Glad I got it from the library.

My current library stack, which doesn‘t seem to be getting any shorter. Maybe if I stop getting more books before I finish the ones I have…but that sounds awfully drastic.

Trouble is my favourite Lex Croucher book so far and I reviewed it for Autostraddle!

"Their romance also encapsulates the protagonist figuring out she‘s a top, a journey I always love to see!

"For a delightfully queer historical romcom with equal parts humor and pathos and a delicate blend of romance and character growth, you really can‘t do any better than Lex Croucher‘s Trouble."

https://www.autostraddle.com/lex-croucher-trouble-review/

Prickly Emily is going in her sister's stead as a governess to Fairmont House. Her sister is very ill and they need the money. She expects to fake it, steal some rich people trinkets, and leave. Instead she finds herself bonding with the kids, becoming found family w/ the staff, and falling in love with the grumpy dad. Her journey is equal parts romance and self-discovery: funny, moving. Emily realizes she is worthy of love. Bi4bi! I loved this!!

4/5

Emily's sister Amy is sick, and Emily is desperate to make enough money to provide the care she needs. So desperate, that she pretends to be Amy and takes the governess position her sister was hired for, despite the fact that Emily doesn't know the first thing about educating children. Emily gets pulled in further and further to the lives of the staff, the children, and Captain Edwards.

#bookspin: Trouble by Lex Croucher
##doublebookspin: Running Wild by K.A. Tucker

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