April is temporarily immobile due to a car accident, so Emily finds herself forced to volunteer for the towns Renaissance Faire in her sister’s place. Read my posts to learn more about me, but mostly to hear my thoughts about romance novels new and old.An average love story that had some good laughs but an incredibly foolish protagonist.įollowing a tough break up, Emily relocates to a small town in Maryland to live with her sister, April for the summer. My #1 romance novel of all time forever and ever amen is “Dreaming of You” by Queen Lisa Kleypas. I take grave exception to people calling romance novels “smut” or “trash”. I probably read 5-7 romance novels a week. My “real” job involves a grab bag of communications and community relations for a large nonprofit in the DC area. Hi Romance Peeps! My name is Teresa and I am a self-proclaimed romance aficionado with a BA in English and PR. **I received an ARC of this book in order to provide an honest review** I need more from this cute cast of characters! Now I have less wait time until the next book! WELL PLAYED comes out this September (on my birthday, actually!).

I know I am late ton the game, but thinking more about it, I am kind of glad I didn’t read this book earlier. It was the easy, fluffy romantic comedy I really needed right now. I think we all need a Simon! English nerds, renaissance festival nerds, and romance novel nerds alike will adore this book.

I loved how the enemies to lovers trope was eventually resolved and I am convinced I need a real life Simon in my life. There is a lot of fun banter and sizzling sexual tension between our main characters. This book is perfect for fans of Sally Thorne’s THE HATING GAME. That is to say, she finds her people, except for the grouchy, English teacher turned pirate during the festival, who seems to criticize her every move. She seems to find her people when she joins the local renaissance festival cast as a tavern wench. Emily wants nothing more than to find her place and put down roots. Emily was dumped by her longtime boyfriend and moved to Maryland to help her sister and niece after her sister was in a terrible car accident. This was like living out my teenage fantasy in the most adorable small town romance.Įmily and her sister have had a rough year. Did I drool over some of the actors in period costumes? Absolutely. We always went on Roman takeover day and wore togas. I mean COME ON, some of my favorite memories are going to the Ohio Renaissance Festival with my aunts.

I’m kicking myself, because I absolutely loved WELL MET by Jen DeLuca and I waited WAY too long to read this book.

Book well met