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The Belle of Belgrave Square
The Belle of Belgrave Square | Mimi Matthews
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A BookBub Best Romance of 2022 A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenience with a mysterious and reclusive stranger. Tall, dark, and dour, the notorious Captain Jasper Blunt was once hailed a military hero, but tales abound of his bastard children and his haunted estate in Yorkshire. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has his sights set on the enchanting Julia Wychwood. For Julia, an incurable romantic cursed with a crippling social anxiety, navigating a London ballroom is absolute torture. The only time Julia feels any degree of confidence is when shes on her horse. Unfortunately, a young lady cant spend the whole of her life in the saddle, so Julia makes an impetuous decision to take her future by the reinsshe proposes to Captain Blunt. In exchange for her dowry and her hand, Jasper must promise to grant her freedom to do as she pleases. To rideand to readas much as she likes without masculine interference. He readily agrees to her conditions, with one provision of his own: Julia is forbidden from going into the tower rooms of his estate and snooping around his affairs. But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes
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bookishbitch
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This is the 2nd book of a 4 book series. You do not need to read the 1st to understand any of this however. I devoured this in 2 days. Not only did I love this, I identified with Julia in more than a few ways. I really enjoyed the character development. I also enjoyed how the story unfolded, even though I'd guessed at some of it. I'm so glad I read this and will definitely be reading the rest of the series. (And probably her other books too.)

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bookishbitch
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I told my riding instructor about The Siren of Sussex because I enjoyed it so much. She looked into the book and author and then ordered the 1st two books of the Belles of London series. She gave me this 2nd book to read while she reads the 1st. I couldn't resist getting this photo after my lesson today.

iread2much Very nice photo 8mo
bookishbitch @iread2much thank you! 8mo
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julesG
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Read this Beauty and the Beast/Bluebeard retelling yesterday. I think it was better than the first book in the series.

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TheSpineView Awesome! 2y
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2y
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BookNAround
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If you like fairytale mashups and retelling, this gentle closed door romance mix of Beauty and the Beast and The Story of Bluebeard is for you. There are also references to many romances and gothic tales of the time which bookworms will delight in recognizing. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2022/10/review-belle-of-belgrave-square-by-mimi....

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iread2much
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I did not like this one anywhere near as much as the first one, but it was an interesting read. The main character is kind of stupid, which irritates me, but her love interest has an interesting backstory and her parents are really interesting.
Looks are deceiving as Julia takes what some might consider desperate steps to escape her parents and marries a man whom she is convinced is not as bad as rumors make him out to be.
2/5 stars

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BookNAround
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This sounds like a cross between Beauty and the Beast and Bluebeard but likely without the murdering and I need to review it so it‘s up next.

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esurient
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Middling for me, and very light. The bookish, novel-reading heroine who feels strongest and safest on horseback is exactly my catnip and I liked the hero and his secrets, but oh how I did not care to read their scenes together. I was much more invested in the secondary characters, and all conflict is remedied in single conversations.

This one would have been 100% improved if the heroine's parents died, ideally by her murdering them.

esurient Hero: Oh, I cannot ever tell her that I've robbed a dead man of his identity. Even though he was an evil man, and I didn't even kill him. Also I'm honorably handing all of his debts because I'm, you know, not evil. -:tells her:- Heroine: I am totally cool with this. 2y
esurient Heroine: My parents are holding my inheritance hostage. I'm going to talk with them. -:talks with them:- All fixed. 2y
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