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Book Review

The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard

The Beast of Beswick

The Beast of Beswick is what you get when you put Beauty and the Beast and The Taming of the Shrew into a blender with a whole lot of feminism and drink the results. The heroine, Astrid, is beautiful, bookish and prickly; full of feminist rage; and determined to protect her sweet, pretty, but surprisingly shrewd younger sister, Isobel. The hero, Thane, is horribly scarred; very brooding and moody; and rather inclined to embrace the … Continue reading The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard

Book Review

The Rogue of Fifth Avenue by Joanna Shupe

The Rogue of Fifth Avenue

TW/CW: Domestic abuse, murder, sexual violence. Most are off the page, save for the latter. The Rogue of Fifth Avenue is a spin-off series from The Four Hundred series, though this book operates just fine on its own. It has a phenomenally gorgeous cover and the hero is Frank Tripp, a charming lawyer who we’ve met in other books. I adored the heroine’s chutzpah and how she never wavered in doing what was right, but … Continue reading The Rogue of Fifth Avenue by Joanna Shupe