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The Gentleman's Gambit
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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Dunmore is my new find in historical romance. Her A League of Extraordinary Women series is extraordinary.Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writers block, a tense time for Englands womens rights campaignthe last thing she needs is to be stuck playing host to her fathers distractingly attractive young colleague. Deeply introverted Catriona lives for her work at Oxford and her fight for womens suffrage. She dreams of romance, too, but since all her attempts at love have ended badly, she now keeps her desires firmly locked inside her headuntil she climbs out of a Scottish loch after a good swim and finds herself rather exposed to her new colleague. Elias Khoury has wheedled his way into Professor Campbells circle under false pretenses: he did not come to Oxford to classify ancient artefacts, he is determined to take them back to his homeland in the Middle East. Winning Catrionas favor could be the key to his success. Unfortunately, seducing the coolly intense lady scholar quickly becomes a mission in itself and his well-laid plans are in danger of derailing... Forced into close proximity in Oxfords hallowed halls, two very different people have to face the fact that they might just be a perfect match. Soon, a risky new game begins that asks Catriona one more time to put her heart and wildest dreams at stake.
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iread2much
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I liked this better, but if‘s not as good as the first book. The MC is more realistic and pragmatic than some of the other MCs in the series which I appreciate.
Catriona is confronted with a man who wants to repatriate historical artifacts that her father helped to review. She must decide how much to give to the Cause and if she can find a man to lobe who will accept her as she is.
3/5 stars read for historical accuracy and interesting characters

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ncsufoxes
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Finished the last one in the series. It‘s a low pick for me mainly because I‘ve liked the series. The format is the same as the other 3 books in the series. Again it‘s tied to a point in English history & the fight for women‘s rights. Nothing earth shattering but a good quick, easy read. April review #bookspin

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6mo
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themonaisa
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
Bailedbailed

Lost interest and got slightly confused while reading. It seemed to jump around and the plot kind of became an afterthought for me

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BookLove4Ever
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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Mehso-so

MMC: Elias - loved.
FMC: Catriona- wanted to smack upside the head.
Loved revisiting the characters from previous books. Especially the first book Bringing Down the Duke, which is still my 5 star favorite. We are told Catriona‘s smart. I guess. The pacing was very slow. Honestly I feel like this story was trying to tackle too many issues at once, and the story didn‘t flow well. I wanted more details on the HEA. Not a vague ending for the couple.

julesG Wasn't a fan of Catriona either. 🙄 9mo
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NikkiCureton
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“The word you said earlier, what did it mean?” she asked.
The way he went quiet said he knew at once what she meant.
“Ta‘abrinee,” he said.
“Yes.”
“It means, bury me.”
“Isn‘t that a bit morbid?”
He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. “We say it to someone we don‘t want to live without. Hence, we must go first.”
Sorta sappy, but if the love isn‘t like this, I don‘t want it!

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Laughterhp
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All the romance books I‘ve read so far in February! Been reading a lot but haven‘t had much time for social media and posting!

Hope everyone else‘s reading is going well this month!

KadaGul @Laughterhp What did you think 🤔 of Exes & O? I heard good things about it and picked up from a local Library Reading Challenge. 9mo
Laughterhp @KadaGul It was okay. Not my favorite romance. I didn‘t really like some stuff the MC did. But it wasn‘t awful. Hopefully you‘ll like it more than me! 9mo
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Auroraafa
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I love her books, this book just got to me. I wish I could have this kind of happy ending. My most recent love story is so similar but instead just ended.

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Kimberlone
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Wasn‘t my favorite of this series, but I still enjoyed the romance. Following Catriona, it concludes with the passage of the Married Women‘s Protection Act, which has been the goal of the 4 suffragette friends. It also deals with some tougher subjects: colonialism & neurodivergence. It did get bogged down with overexplaining the stolen antiquities market & colonialism in the Middle East. Enjoyed the POV chapters featuring the other suffragettes.

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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️💫There was a lot Dunmore was trying to accomplish in this book, & I think that got in the way of her usual easy storytelling. There were many flashbacks for both characters & so much historical information that the main story was sometimes hard to find. I enjoyed all I learned about East/West relations in the late 1800s, unfortunately it just felt a bit heavy handed. I loved books 1 & 3 in this series, tho, and will always recommend those.

julesG The historical information was bogging it down, wasn't it? 11mo
behudd @julesG it was, which is such a bummer because I feel like her other 3 didn‘t have that issue. I‘m wondering if it was the pressure of this being the last book, she felt she had to fit in as much as she could? 11mo
julesG That's what I thought too. She wanted to cram in everything, including mental health problems, demanding families, the fear of foreigners, foreign affairs, etc etc. Instead of cramming this book to the brim she should have thought about a fifth book about Peregrin finding a suffragist of his own. 11mo
behudd @julesG oohh yes! I want to read that! 11mo
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julesG
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Enjoyed this fourth and last book in Dunmore's series.

The story is bogged down with a lot of historical information on the Women's Property Act and 'how to properly obtain antiquities'. It wraps up the series nicely with Catriona's story.

Catriona is forced to work together with foreign scholar Elias. Elias has come to study some statues in a private collection of the Ashmolean, but doesn't only have scholarly pursuits on his mind.

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behudd
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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In a world run by loud people, quiet was a scarce commodity.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Branwen
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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Book of the Month: part 2!

These were the other three books I picked this month! I decided to pick the new historical romance by Evie Dunmore, as well as two other earlier books in the series! 💕 #botm

Kimberlone I really like this series! 11mo
Branwen @Kimberlone Oooh that's great to hear! I'm even more excited now! 11mo
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nitalibrarian
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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I read 9 books in October:
Fall of Ruin and Wrath 4⭐️
We'll Never Have Paris 4⭐️
Black Sheep 4⭐️
None of This is True 4⭐️ #BookSpin
After the Forest 4.5⭐️ #DoubleSpin
I'm Your Guy 4⭐️
Mister Magic 5⭐️
The Woman in Me 🎧 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Gentleman's Gambit 5⭐️

Read my October Book Spin and Double Spin, but no bingos.

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nitalibrarian
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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My October #BookSpin list is all set.

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vlwelser
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This is a fun conclusion to this series. It is Catriona's story but it also wraps up the other girls' stories. Probably better than if they weren't sort of intertwined.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Pub date is 12/5/23
#ARC #Netgalley

TheBookHippie Got it preordered for the kiddo 😘 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 14mo
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underground_bks
The Gentleman's Gambit | Evie Dunmore
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This final installment of A League of Extraordinary Women series sees Scottish suffragette Lady Catriona meeting her (check)mate in a businessman from Lebanon planning a heist to repatriate artifacts stolen from his homeland. Dunmore had a lot to do in educating her readers about the Levant and tying up four heroines‘ stories, and while Catriona and Elias‘ love story was satisfying, it wasn‘t very fun—I would have loved more chess and more heist!

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