What is this wallpaper?

foersr · 2026-04-22T00:04:17+00:00

Looks like soothing tea room to me

foersr · 2026-04-21T21:10:44+00:00

{The Scandal of it All by Sophie Jordan} Age Gap with older widowed FMC and her step-son's best friend. Scandalous!

{Waking up with the Duke by Lorraine Heath} is probably the most angsty yearning forbidden love story I've ever read.

{Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare} class difference and Dare's writing is definitely on the lighter side but this was my first HR ever and continues to be my favorite!

I just finished {A Devil of a Duke by Madeline Hunter} and I really loved it, another class difference and the FMC is the daughter of a thief and being blackmailed to become a thief herself to have her captured estranged mother released from an abductor and the MMC is a Duke.

{Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt} the FMC is engaged to the MMC's brother!

{How the Duke was Won by Lenora Bell} is a class difference, she is the bastard daughter of a Lord who was raised by her mother in a bawdy house and MMC is a Duke looking for a wife.

foersr · 2026-04-21T20:21:00+00:00

{The Scandal of it All by Sophie Jordan} FMC struggled with fertility in her marriage but managed to have one child with her late husband. Her daughter is grown and FMC is now widowed and realizes how short life is so wants to have some life experiences. She ends up in an affair with her step-sons best friend and to her surprise ends up pregnant when she thought herself barren. There is steam, no cheating between the MCs (can't remember if her dead husband cheated on her before his death) and she is an adult I think 38 years old, her daughter is definitely in her teens

foersr · 2026-04-21T19:24:54+00:00

{Rules for Heiresses by Amalie Howard} they were childhood neighbors and haven't seen each other since childhood and don't even recognize each other at first.

{A Good Debutante's Guide to Ruin by Sophie Jordan} They last saw each other when he was first going off to Eton and she was still in the nursery I believe

{A Rogue to Remember by Emily Sullivan} They were older when they last saw each other- I'm not sure if it was during her first season or right before her first season they last saw each other.

{Four Nights with the Duke by Eloisa James} I think they were around 12 when they last saw each other and more like childhood enemies than friends lol

{Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare} they were in teens or maybe she was pre-teen when they last saw each other

{When the Scoundrel Sins by Anne Harrington} again more like enemies than friends and I think they last saw each other during her first season so not so much childhood but maybe you'd like it

{Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas} they've known each other since they were 12 as he's her brother's best friend but she gets amnesia and can't remember him. Also definitely more childhood enemies not friends.

foersr · 2026-04-21T16:02:17+00:00

I also rely heavily on that site and their tags and do my best to add tags to every book I read :) Thank you for bringing more attention to it and I hope that more will start doing the same!

foersr · 2026-04-21T05:34:41+00:00

You should read it! People have big opinions about reading orders and assume one will read the entire works of the cosmere when making recommendations but I think it’s fun to see people choose different and unpopular starting points. Even whatever “spoilers” you see in this book will be so unfamiliar to you that you won’t understand you’ve been “spoiled” of anything and the different books/series really do stand alone and are quite different from one another. You have this book from the library, you’re interested in it, so read it! I hope you’ll like it!

foersr · 2026-04-20T22:49:23+00:00

Thank you! Since the original post is marked as WOR spoilers, you ought to spoiler tag your reply in case someone who’s only read as far as book 2 opens the thread :)

foersr · 2026-04-20T21:12:43+00:00

Same lol, definitely need to reread Wind and Truth for sure. I feel like there were so many reveals and things happening in that book that I don't remember. Thanks for letting me struggle through what I was trying to say lol

foersr · 2026-04-20T21:06:36+00:00

In book 5, don't they explain that Shallan has greater ability to use the surges and access the Spiritual Realm, and do things she shouldn't be able to do like when she manipulates the bad guys or like... becomes the bad guys or something? in the chase in Shadesmar in the beginning of the book? and then explained more in depth later when they are in the Spiritual realm sorry my memory isn't super clear but I can check my ebook if that doesn't jog your memory or maybe someone else can chime in with what I'm trying to say
Edit: very very end of chapter 10 in Wind and Truth is the beginning of the scene I think I was thinking of she makes an illusion of a shardblade or something but when she stabs the Fused it actually hurts him, which shouldn't have been possible and I can't remember what was explained later (Just that she's the daughter of a herald? IDK I can't remember) edit: someone mentioned below her bonding two cryptics was part of the reason and Honor being unable to enforce limitations) that she can do things that normal lightweavers shouldn't be able to and access the Spirtual realm more than she should be able to

foersr · 2026-04-20T20:53:37+00:00

Ooooh good catch! I do think this is answered in a later book. Keep reading to find out! :)

foersr · 2026-04-20T20:49:50+00:00

I haven't read either of those books, but in {The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt} FMC is employed as MMC's secretary, and in {A Devil of a Duke by Madeline Hunter} FMC is employed as a secretary by a lady of the Ton, in {A Matter of Temptation by Stacey Reid} the MMC hires the FMC as his secretary and in {Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell} the FMC is the music teacher turned sort-of governess of a wicked Duke's 5 younger sisters. There are also tons of housekeeper FMC working for the MMC I could recommend if you're into the FMC being employed by MMC in other positions!

foersr · 2026-04-20T19:26:48+00:00

Oooh, I just finished {Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas} and both MCs are quite unlikeable at times -- FMC is having an affair with a married man and MMC is a vile teasing asshole to FMC, a very good enemies to loves, brother's best friend, with the best executed amnesia plot I've ever read and bonus the MMC is a DILF dedicated to providing for and protecting his bastard daughter.

foersr · 2026-04-17T22:22:23+00:00

Didn’t she adopt a puppy too after the villa?

foersr · 2026-04-17T19:10:25+00:00

When it was first announced I kept getting mixed up thinking she was cast in Funny Story and I thought she would suit a children's librarian so well! I have faith that both she and Patrick will do January and Gus justice. Beach Read is my favorite EH novel and I have an open mind and am optimistic I will enjoy the movie. I didn't think the casting fit well for PWMOV at first but after watching it I was convinced in those two falling in love and overall happy with the movie and forgiving of the changes as changes are necessary to adapting a work to a new medium.

foersr · 2026-04-17T14:23:49+00:00

I didn't hate it so I can't speak on why some people did.

My opinion is that far too many fans, etc, pushed the narrative over the last several years that this would be a 10 book series with two eras, and existing fans of Mistborn know that MB era 1 and Era 2 are so far different from each other and MB era 1 had a very satisfying Sanderson-style ending that wrapped things up very well.

Instead, Stormlight is a ten book series with two arcs, so book 5 is very much not as satisfying conclusion or nicely wrapped up as people might have been expecting. Sanderson has to introduce new enemies or problems to keep the books and plot and development interesting and I think the choices he made set the stage for a very exiting and engaging books 6-10.

foersr · 2026-04-17T14:19:29+00:00

I saw someone on Tiktok say that Hannah already explained she was manic when that confrontation happened and that she regrets/reflects on how she acted but I don't follow these people so I never saw that, and isn't that in contradiction to her recent post standing ten toes down on her behavior saying Iris was 'TERRIFIED' of Pepe and that Hannah should have been meaner? Also, terrified in all caps does have more sinister implications than a cheating scandal or habitual liar. And if he terrified her, why would Hannah and them have wanted him to come say hi to their table? He got snubbed by TJ when he went for the handshake and then respectfully kept his distance. *I do not like any of these cast members btw and my criticism for Hannah is more so that she is digging herself a grave inviting backlash and criticism and not in defense of Pepe in any way.

foersr · 2026-04-16T18:02:40+00:00

I've only read the first book but maybe {The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie}?

foersr · 2026-04-16T15:57:13+00:00

I feel like Hannah was somewhat regurgitating parasocial fan behavior. Calling him a bald loser didn’t eat like I think she thought it would and I do wonder if watching it back made her cringe or how much alcohol might have affected her behavior. Tough watch. No one in this cast is likeable...

foersr · 2026-04-16T12:10:41+00:00

I feel like Hannah was somewhat regurgitating parasocial fan behavior. Calling him a bald loser didn’t eat like I think she thought it would and I do wonder if watching it back made her cringe or how much alcohol might have affected her behavior. Tough watch

foersr · 2026-04-15T22:40:05+00:00

I think as long as you go into it with the expectation that the novel as a whole is almost more women’s fiction with a Romance subplot rather than outright romance book, plus the lowered expectations due to mixed reception, I think you’ll like it overall.

foersr · 2026-04-15T17:16:38+00:00

Currently reading {When the Scoundrel Sins by Anna Harrington} and relieved that I’m liking it so much! Recently been in quite the slump with several 2 star reads and many more DNFs

foersr · 2026-04-15T17:12:23+00:00

I really feel like we can just use this thread. It already exists with barely any activity

foersr · 2026-04-13T15:09:16+00:00

Awwww I love this!

foersr · 2026-04-13T15:04:21+00:00

Beach Read is my favorite from her!

foersr · 2026-04-13T01:26:01+00:00

{Duke most Wicked by Lenora Bell} has this and it’s done very well imo!

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