Gain The Unlikely Lady (Playful Brides, #3) Created By Valerie Bowman Presented In Text
I even debated giving it a,, but the fact that I labored on to read it till the end made me give the,extra star.
The third book in Valerie Bownman's Playful Brides series is a hit in some ways, and a complete miss in some, For me, personally.
Jane Lowndes is nothing like other ladies of the ton , She's a bluestocking, more interested in a book and learning than dresses and fashion and men, She's long since given up the on the concept of marraige, knowing well enough that it'll only restrict her true passion which was to read and continue to educate and enlighten herself.
The heroine, was a hit for me, In most aspects.
Garett Upton is a warhero, who for the past few years has been known a charmer and a rake, He's had words with Jane in multiple social situations before, and we start the book with them disliking each other to the T, You know where this is going,
Eventually, a masquerade party brings them to act on their deep rooted feelings causing the rest of the plot to unravel, Through identity crisis, insecurities and a meddling widow of a war mate of Garett, our MC's finally come to some sort of a HEA.
My reason for giving a lower rating than many others has more to do with the cliche plot than anything else, We have a very typical beautiful, seductive widow trying to come in between the lovebirds and the reasoning of it all is so baseless that it didn't sit well with me.
I understand the need for romances to have obstacles, even though I enjoy those that just let the story flow, I so with the obstacle wasn't so cliche and nonsensical.
The amout of miscommunication between Garett and Jane was also irritating, If they'd just spoken properly we would have finished the book at, Beyond this point I read on only to see how it ends, Not that I had any doubts of how it would end, but still,
A decent enough read, but nothing I'll be coming back to anytime soon, Fun Story and pretty good narration audible review
This was an enjoyable story, I really liked Jane. She was smart, witty, sarcastic and funny, I liked Garrett
too. He was handsome and mysterious, They had some good chemistry that was real and genuine, There was also a very nicely written sex scene,
The story line and plot was pretty good, There was some fun antics done by Lucy and crew that made you LOL, There was a couple surprises you didn't see coming and a lot of fun moments,
I am bummed that the first two books in this series are narrated by someone else that I cannot stand to listen too, and believe she should only ever narrate childrens books.
So I listen to them, Sigh .
As far as the narration, Justine Eyre did a good job, She does a pretty good job on the male voices, and her reading voice is nice, I can listen to her and enjoy the story, fun. Find every synonym for fun and insert here,
The Playful Brides historical romance series by Valerie Bowman is a pleasure of mine and not an ounce of my pleasure is so much as tinged with guilt.
The merriment! The mischievous heroines and clever, cheeky dialogue! The distinguished gentleman dressed in a rakes clothing, Ohh I love it all! I reviewed the first book in the series, The Unexpected Duchess, last year ,and it totally made my best ofreading list.
The second book in the series,The Accidental Countess, was ambitious, but lacked some of the pizzazz I came to expect though make no mistake, it was also a solid read.
Well folks, Bowman is back with Playful Brides! It has all of the charm and promise off book one, encompasses the warmth and easy reading of book two and in this installment, the gloves are off, and the comedy is kicked way up.
This book is laugh out loud funny, I was giddy reading it and it takes a lot for me to bliss out, The Unlikely Lady blissed me out,
Initiate fangirl thrusters!!!
Jane Lowndes is a fantastic heroine, She is wearing wallflower, a witty maiden who wants nothing more than a good book in one hand and a yummy plate of teacakes in the other.
Jane aspires to be a chosen spinster a bluestocking woman who shall never marry for all of her drive and passions run purely on the intellectual spectrum.
Jane is also blind as a bat without her spectacles a handicap that sparks the quirkiest trouble of time! Tears, I laughed real tears at Janes vision impaired antics, Quite resolute upon her spinster status, she goes through great hilarious lengths to thwart her overbearing mothers attempts at matchmaking only to be sabotaged by the most unexpected chink in her armor.
Lord Garret Upton.
“It depends,” she breathed, on what you intend to do with me, ”
His mouth met hers again in a fierce tangle, Then he pulled away and his gruff voice sounded in her ear, “I intend to make you come, ”
Jane closed her eyes, “Youyou do”
“Yes. Do you know what that means”
All she could do was nod, “IveIm very well read. ”
“Let me assure you,” he said, as his fingers made quick work of the buttons on the back of her gown, This is one thing thats much better to experience than to read about, ”
Mr. Upton is cousin to Janes dearest friend and she simply can not extricate him from her thoughts, No worries Jane, I too had manythoughts of Mr, Upton. Despite the unanticipated, underlying attraction, they are very much adversaries trading stinging barbs far more often than friendly greetings, They both have preconceived notions regarding one another, and how they come around to finding fair and equal footing is as romantic as when they share their first kiss.
I am a sucker for undertones and thematic life lessons and the big one in this novel is the journey to really open your eyes to see and appreciate when true love is right in your path.
sigh The characters are all full of agendas and everyone has an ulterior motive, Janes best friends conspire to nudge more like doublehanded, full palm shove Upton and Jane together after their chemistry can no longer be denied.
I adored watching their little scheme unfold, Adding to the drama is Isabella Langford, a sultry, conniving widow with whom Upton shares a most complicated past, While she dripped with venom and vitriol, Mrs, Langford absolutely brought out the best in Jane! Historical romances usually feature a heroine and hero, danger looming of some sort but in this instance, the danger was in the form of a formidable threat to our girls HEA!
Mrs.
Langfords eyes grew dark and she looked down, allowing her eyelashes to splay against he cheeks in a display even Jane had to admit was fetching.
“Yes. Of course. Its for the best that Mr, Upton be the one to take me home in my disheveled state, ”
What the devil did that mean
Cass and Lucy exchanged shocked glances,
Mrs. Langford stepped closer to Lucy and CassBecause Mr, Upton and I are close, Quite close indeed. ”
The book nearly toppled from Janes hands,
Ladiesyou dont suppose all this time weve been in the presence of Garretts mistress”
Oh hell no! Those are fighting words! Take off those spectacles and kick her ass Jane! The battle of wits, Jane won before Isabella Langford opens her mouth to speak.
However, in the battle of woman wiles, Jane is but an innocent maiden, unaccustomed to scandalizing herself with sensual innuendo, The campaign for the wickedly handsome and wealthy Mr, Upton is lively to say the least, Both Langford and Jane have aces up their sleeves and neither is willing to give an inch when it comes to getting what she wants.
That is once Jane finally realizes that Lord Garret Upton is her destiny, It all comes together during a wedding celebration, the likes of which will never be forgotten,
The plot is simple and easy to spoil, Im walking egg shells here people! and the reader is in on the intrigue all along, having plenty of clues to hazard a pretty strong guess to the climax.
The joy is in watching these two bull headed and stubborn people fall in love, The misunderstandings and the white lies that twist Jane and Garret into knots, They jumped to one hysterically funny and wrong conclusion after the other, I groaned and moaned and loved every second of it, The author is especially talented with her use of imagery and breathing life into the story, I connected to these characters and had to forcefully disengage myself at the end, A full length novel, rich story and impeccable comedic timing, I didnt want to leave this delightful little world, The resolution was a little fast I confess some mild head scratching however, the hurried last bits were immediately forgivable as it wholly fit the frenzy and impulsive decisionmaking that the characters engaged in throughout the novel.
Thank goodness it appears there may be a Playful Brideson the horizon! Fans of blithely, light and fun historical romance will fall in love with these Playful Brides.
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