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The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love | India Holton
9 posts | 5 read | 3 to read
Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols. Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon. For his part, Devon has never been more smitten than when he first set eyes on Professor Beth Pickering. She's so pretty, so polite, so capable of bringing down a fiery, deadly bird using only her wits. In other words, an angel. Devon understands he must not get close to her, however, since they're professional rivals. When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone elsefor all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.
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Laughterhp
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The tagged book was my favorite read in August, but it wasn‘t better than a Tempest of Tea for me.

My favorite read of September was a Fall of Wrath and Ruin.

#readingbracket2024

Meshell1313 I meant to tell you- I just started Stewart‘s new book the Gods Below and it‘s right up there with Bone shard! Sooo good already! I love her world building! 1mo
Laughterhp @Meshell1313 Oh!! That‘s so good to know! I found out recently she had a new book and immediately put it on my TBR! 1mo
Meshell1313 @Laughterhp yes! I think you will love it! 1mo
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bookishbitch
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I bought this at Parnassus Books in Ketchikan Alaska today. The cover caught me and then the blurb mentioned tea and I was a goner. It sounds like a super fun read.

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LittlebearReads
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Pickpick

This one‘s cute, and plays with romance tropes in fun way, but I‘m ultimately not sure it needed to be 300+ pages. It still gets a pick though, mostly for being romantasy without the sort of spice that makes you go “oh, eeew, how does that even work?!”

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LittlebearReads

I am REALLY struggling with taking the idea of cutthroat ornithologists seriously for some reason. Like give me a dragon, ghosts, portals or whatever and I‘m ALL IN, but for some reason “birdlovers being meanies” is beyond what my brain‘ll accept 😂

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Laughterhp
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Pickpick

This book was so much fun! A light fantasy historical romance. There is some bird magic and some gadgets that were more advanced then probably would‘ve been around then.

Bird hunter competition, rivalry turned to romance, lots of hijinks! What more could you want?! Loved this book.

Seabreeze_Reader What a fun photo! Very atmospheric. 3mo
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NikkiCureton
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Mehso-so

Cute, cozy romance. Fun characters, kinda silly, but overall good!

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underground_bks
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Pickpick

I loved the light academia background of this new rivals-to-lovebirds series-starter from India Holton, whose whimsical Victorian romantasies are always a good time! The magical weightlessness of these British imperial fantasy worlds is starting to weigh on me a bit though, and I find myself itching for more from this writer—more diverse or status quo-questioning characters would be welcome!

Texreader Have you read any of the Glass and Steele series? I think you may like them. They‘re by CJ Archer. 4mo
underground_bks @Texreader thank you for the book recommendation! 4mo
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Beachesnbooks
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July #botm picks!

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nitalibrarian
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May #BookSpinBingo is all set. Starting with The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I forgot I was going to preorder this book!! I really enjoyed her other series and the premise for this one sounds so fun!! 6mo
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