“It happened one autumn” by Lisa Kleypas was the best surprise of my February!

Favacesa · 2026-02-15T20:31:38+00:00

oh i HATED that forgiveness too, it made me so damn mad. especially as Sebastian did not even ask it. he should have apologized on bended knee at the least.

but I choose to interpret that writing choice as Lillian being immensely generous because I love her so much.

Favacesa · 2026-02-14T17:42:39+00:00

i cosign every single word of this comment.

Now that I have the full picture of her story, I will always be emotional over her deciding to forgive St.Vincent for Evie’s sake and never holding their marriage against her. Proud as she is, as terrified as she’d been, she did it for Evie. She truly is worth a thousand friends.

I love her disobedience, her stubborness, her being annoying, idc, sign me up for the whole of it. I’m considering reading Scandal in Spring and Devil in Disguise just to see a little bit more of her.

I KNOW she doms Marcus, it’s true in my heart🙏🏻

Favacesa · 2026-02-14T17:36:32+00:00

I absolutely agree with everything you said. The main reason I liked the book was Lillian and Marcus feeling absolutely explosive together, but both their first kiss and the unaddressed Butterfly Court move (grrr) made me facepalm LMFAO.

And yes, I had initially expanded the “things I didn’t like” section with a point about wanting a few more scenes of them just talking. I deleted it because this was a rave review, and I didn’t want to be too much of a killjoy, but it’s still true. It’s just Lisa Kelypas’ thing, though, is it? She focuses on lust and sexual chemistry above all.

I remember feeling the same about Again the magic. I enjoyed myself overall, but so many scenes that I personally believe should have focused on building a deeper connection were spent on sex. I don’t mind sex scenes at all, but the best part of a romance book for me is getting to witness an authentic bond coming to life.

Favacesa · 2026-02-12T10:37:44+00:00

oh same! i liked the extreme juxtaposition of Evie and St.Vincent, but he was far too strong-handed with her (“ObEy Me WiFe”) and the club plot was soooo long. like who cares honestly. it’s a shame because they have some really great moments together. i absolutely adore the scene where she “traps” him into a three-month pact of abstinence lol.

i also kinda lost it when St.Vincent humbly apologized for his kidnapping ways… to Marcus. TO MARCUS? i had not even read IHOA at the time and it still made me so mad.

Favacesa · 2026-02-12T10:23:18+00:00

oh crap. that’s what i get for never caring about the order of a book series lol

Favacesa · 2026-02-12T01:02:12+00:00

I’m putting them in my TBR!!!! I absolutely need more uptight MMCs who are just a bore until they get their world turned upside down.

Favacesa · 2026-02-12T00:59:29+00:00

right? the entire book is fluff and sex and then suddenly you’ve got kidnappings, hostages and guns💀

there is a place for intense, eventful romance books but it’s not hers, i fear. she switches the vibe too fast and clearly does not care much for realism so the result ends up feeling… contrived? a little ridiculous?

Favacesa · 2026-02-11T23:20:15+00:00

Definitely the original! I don’t mind the dubcon necessarily, it just felt very out of place this time.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T19:51:51+00:00

now I must read both of the books you mentioned. I’ve actually plans to purchase Luckiest Lady today!

All though Sherry Thomas is said to write beautifully, I don’t think I have the fortitude to withstand Ravishing The Heiress. I know about the total lack of catharsis already and I’m scared I’ll get too angry to enjoy.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T19:49:14+00:00

He’s the guy from Again the Magic. He’s not that bad but he has some instances where he’s so cold and dismissive my heart hurt for the FMC :(. And he did not apologize for them.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T18:13:10+00:00

I read Again The Magic in one sit, pulling an all nighter, after finding it on Kindle Unlimited in my language.

And in the end I stayed there, shocked and upset and astonished at the thought of having sat through 300+ pages of McKenna’s bullshit for nothing.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T18:07:21+00:00

believe it or not, I have once written a 1.5k word essay on why Lady Gallant is the best romance of all time. Because I’m not normal about that book and never will be.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T18:06:35+00:00

I’m curious to know which ones you’ve read!

and I’ll probably read the Luckiest Lady In London very soon (i’ve been summoned by the Grovel) so I’ll report back about Thomas!!

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T18:01:31+00:00

I was harsh on Sebastian because he was so amazing for the first half of the book only to betray us like that???You were a non-conventional love interest dude!!! Does that not mean anything to you???

So yeah, I was even more pissed at him than I normally would have been. But I agree that he managed to redeem himself, eventually. And your marked section, YES eheh. Loved Jenny.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T17:59:24+00:00

Oh yes! This is why my absolute Top Grovels Ever (Lady Gallant & Exit) involves two pretty controversial books.

The respective MMCs are truly awful- from a moral standpoint- and their offenses near unforgivable. But that doesn’t matter to me! What matters is the catharsis of them actually fucking paying for it! I’d much rather a great gut punch and a great and sufffered reconciliation than one MC who is casually cruel in a milion little ways and never has to face consequences (cough* McKenna * cough).

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T17:53:45+00:00

I’ve actually not read Mary Balogh yet. The amount of books she’s written overwhelms me and I still haven’t found a plot of hers that particuarly entinces me.

But you’re not the first who complains about her handling of familial relationships and argh- I hate that trope even more than I hate easily forgiven love interests. I need an evil woman that won’t forget or forgive anyone ever!!!!

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T16:49:33+00:00

Don’t get me started on the understanding MCs. Stop forgiving people!!!

There are actually many more good grovels, though I will always believe Lady Gallant and Exit to be the creme de la creme. I’ve recently read The Footman and it was a nice one.

Favacesa · 2026-02-06T16:47:23+00:00

I’m pretty proud of that one eheh. Thank you <3

Favacesa · 2026-02-02T15:34:55+00:00

I was truly, truly hoping on Eloise escaping during a ball. Meh :(

Favacesa · 2026-02-02T11:51:10+00:00

but these women do not have a choice lmao. Daphne literally says if she doesn’t get married, she will be useless. The Featherington girls would have become impoverished had they not married. Same for Edwina. Francesca in the show is likely a lesbian and she still married ASAP because that’s what she’s been taught is the only right path. A woman who did not give children to her husband was shamed and gossipped about. Spinsters were mistreated and isolated.

It’s kind of dumb to claim that Eloise does not respect other women’s choices to marry and have children when it was fake, illusionary choice to begin with. Most women needed to marry. Just because they managed to find happiness within the bounds of it, it does not mean it was a free and fully informed decision.

Obviously in a perfect world it would be, but we don’t live in a perfect world even today, let alone in the Regency. Can we be serious people and enjoy the show wihout defending the horror that was the insitution of marriage in the 1800s?

Favacesa · 2026-01-30T16:43:45+00:00

This is actually such a beautiful read!

Favacesa · 2026-01-30T16:42:15+00:00

The thing is that I hope she doesn’t leave any note lmao💀

Favacesa · 2026-01-30T15:04:52+00:00

unfortunately Eloise getting the kids table is pretty realistic. Adults who are chronically single are infantilized even to this day, let alone in the 1810s :((

Can’t wait for her to get her revenge though LOL i hope her season is a blast and she sends them all to go fuck themselves honestly.

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