Love in the afternoon kleypas5/23/2023 ![]() The letter writing is exemplary and I am a sucker for epistolary romances. Let's acknowledge the superior in this book first. The problem was that the first half of the book was so out of the ordinary that when juxtaposed to the ordinary second half, the trope of tra la la-ing Snow White in the wilderness stood out starkly. And it’s fairly standard romance fare for the heroine to be a friend of the beasts. It would be an outright lie to say that trope never appealed to me, lover that I am of Julie Garwood stories. Now, I know that Beatrice is a woman of the forest from previous stories in the Hathaway series and I am not opposed to that storyline. She appears to be able to gentle the most ferocious of beasts, namely alphaous maleous. Or Snow White and all of the animals of the forest not only love her but come to her call. ![]() Loving the drama, the agnst, the wait…what is this? Oh no, Beatrice is now Heidi. I'm reading this book and nodding along, loving it. ![]() This is two books in one which could be a boon except I liked the first book (the first half) far better than the second book (the second half). I’ve never fully understood the phrase “two sides of the same coin”, but my feelings toward Love in the Afternoon perhaps gives new meaning to the saying. Jane B Reviews 19th century / Historical Romances / Lisa-Kleypas / PTSD / St.-Martins-Press / war 14 Comments ![]() JREVIEW: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas ![]()
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