I wouldn’t recommend reading further if you don’t enjoy killing fairies. The rest of this epistolary review is VERY VERY spoilery. Which I do.Īt this point, I was reasonably sure Gabby had decided upon an Agree To Disagree stance regarding Marrying Winterborne. But also, just because it’s flawed doesn’t mean I can’t love it WHOLEHEARTEDLY. Just because I love it doesn’t mean I’m blind to its flaws. * I meant this purely in a technical sense. It’s defs one of her weakest* but also I love it? And I especially love Rhys and Helen. GABBY: Heroes take hundreds of pages to reform Rudi. RUDI: BECAUSE HE JUST NEEDED SOMEONE SWEET TO BELIEVE IN HIM AND ASK HIM TO BE KIND. HOW DID HE GO FROM MANNISH BRUTE TO TENDER FIANCE IN THREE CHAPTERS. GABBY: BUT THEY’RE ALREADY ENGAGED!! IT’S A WEAK PLOT POINT. GABBY: Yeah but like “the only way I can marry you is if you let me fuck you”. RUDI: Shut up! You have the dumbest plot!!Īlso: one chapter in is when it’s actually straightforward. Obviously, I couldn’t let this slight to Ms Kleypas’ good name stand. GABBY: One chapter in and Marrying Winterborne has the dumbest plot.

Almost a week later I got a text from Gabby.

It was around about this time that either our meal arrived or we were kicked out of the restaurant to make way for other customers, so naturally the conversation stalled. ‘It feels like a lot of the books I’ve been reading suffer from this though? Also, isn’t this just how Kleypas writes now? I mean the Hathaway series…’ It goes along with a pretty straightforward plot for the first third of the book, then suddenly about 12 different threads appear.’ ‘I loved it but it’s also kind of a mess. Once upon a time over dumplings Gabby and I were talking about books and I mentioned I’d recently finished Lisa Kleypas’latest historical Marrying Winterborne. Kat’s note: I thought about editing this in a way that would adhere to some kind of style guide, but in the end, I think the chaotic style is in keeping with the spirit of the review. As for the book, you’ll either love it or hate it.

This epistolary review cannot be summarised.

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