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Depraved bunch of characters

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-01-25

Jilly Cooper must live in a weird amoral world to create such depraved characters.
Alarming accounts of incest and bed hopping surrounding a fixation over a painting
Had to skip several chapters but managed to finish the book
Hope the next book is better

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Ending felt rushed

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 25-12-24

Another great book by Jilly but sometimes unrealistic and felt like it wasn’t well researched.
For example, a character sitting in the hold of a plane to comfort their dog in a long haul flight and taking same dog straight into the USA with no papers down right incredulous.
Whilst the story was absorbing, I guessed whodunnit from about two chapters in.
Ending was rushed too, though everyone ended up where they desired

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Rushed at the end

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-12-24

Great story and mentions of previous characters I was curious about.
Wasn’t impressed by the continued bed hopping but wanted one of the characters, Daisy, to grow a backbone and tidy herself up at least once. She remained drippy ti the end. Loved the Luke character

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Dodgy geography

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-12-24

Loved the story and almost feel like I know the characters personally
Jilly Cooper is a master storyteller!
After “Riders” it was lovely to read about the vulnerable side of RCB.
However, the locations were all wrong.
Colchester is at least an hour from London and at least 3 hours from Gloucester.
Not sure how the characters could hop in and out so easily and within a few minutes

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Great replica of Cinderella

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 16-11-24

Good characters, great balance of sadness and happiness
Was glad the fairy tale was not over the top in the happily ever after outcomes and story was realistic

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Annoying heroine

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-11-24

Moira thoroughly got on my nerves.
Well written book, though
Would read the last one in the trilogy just to catch up on these two

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By far the best in the series

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-11-24

Enjoyed this book and the usual background and outcome
Still a little repetitive at times, but really loved the development of the storyline, the insight into the characters and the inevitable ending

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Predictable romance

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-11-24

Mary Balogh does know how to write a warm mellow predictable romance.
I liked the imagery and descriptions of finery.

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Adequate as entertainment

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 20-10-24

Plots are great in all three books but really not well developed as a lot of time is spent repeating emotions expressed by lead characters
Book 1 was particularly irritating.
Great narration though

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Couldn’t put it down

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 24-09-24

It was disconcerting how the author moved from one character to another leaving the reader/listener to guess who she was talking about.
However, I still couldn’t put this down. It was riveting and so realistic.
Quite anxiety provoking in some parts but still unputdownable
Must recommend

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