Queen B’s Decree: There was a lot going on in the plot of Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man. Including:
- a parrot and monkey love match
- daughters of pirates owning a coffee shop (in Georgian England…yuh right)
- the mild-mannered MMC who is a doctor/professor doing parkour and being a secret spy
- a duke’s son being both a murderer and no one in “polite society” cares
It was just too ridiculous for me. I like a little irrelevance in my historical—I love Erica Ridley’s Wild Wynchesters series—but this didn’t seem to work. It felt like it was trying too hard, and the romance between the two main characters wasn’t plausible. There was no chemistry.
Alas, not a winner. Thank you to Forever Publishing for the review copy.
Book: Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man by Violet Marsh
Series: standalone
Genre: Historical
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: brother’s best friend