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✩🪡🐈Review:
This historical romance is absolute perfection!
Since his return from the war, the Duke of Ashbury is in need wife. Enter Emma Gladstone, a vicar’s daughter turned seamstress. When she conveniently appears in his library wearing his former fiancé’s wedding gown demanding payment, he decides she’ll do.
I loved watching Emma and Ash’s marriage of convenience slowly turn into something real! In the beginning, Ash was determined to keep them apart by creating rules so that they wouldn’t fall in love. I knew from their first interaction, however, that his plans would fall apart because their chemistry is undeniable! Emma is stubborn and sees right through the walls that Ash puts up. Their intelligent, humorous personalities spark a connection between them that only strengthens as they help each other embrace their insecurities.
I was pleasantly surprised by how comedic this book is! Emma and Ash’s banter was incredibly entertaining and made me laugh out loud at times. If you’re looking for a historical romance that is reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast with both steam and humor, then this is your book! I was hooked from the first page and am convinced it was written for me!
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#the duchess deal#girl meets duke#emma gladstone#richmond ashbury#tessa dare#marriage of convenience#forced proximity#dual pov#historical romantic fiction#historical romance#historical fiction#book review#booklr#book blog#book blogger#adult romance#romance books#romance novels#book rec#bookish
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Clueless Debs Fight: Daphne Bridgerton about Sex vs Davina Palmer about Contraception
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Tessa Dare books you’d recommend for beginners?
Hi, I recomend starting with The Duchess Deal! It's a beautiful book and the start of the super fun Girl Meets Duke Series!
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Review: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
The Duchess Deal Tessa Dare Publisher: Avon Books Publication Date: August 22, 2017 Series or Standalone:Girl Meets Duke #1 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Body shaming; injury/injury detail; religious biogtry; abandoment; sexism; emotional abuse; pregnancy; war; death of a parent; vomit When I read this book when it first came out in 2017, I…
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2024: Book 28 - The Duchess Deal
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just really don't know what more anyone needs in a hero. * Wounded and scarred? ✔️ * Vigilante by night? ✔️ * Proper gentleman until he's not? ✔️ * Refuses to swear in front of a lady so he uses Shakespearean insults? ✔️✔️✔️ * Beast in the sheets? ✔️✔️✔️✔️ * Sweet marshmallow grumpy grump for his wife? ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ Show me a more perfect man…I'll wait. But no, seriously. This book was so cute and charming, while also dealing with some pretty gnarly topics for the time period. Emma and Ash were a match made in heaven, almost from the beginning and I enjoyed every second of my time with them. It's not quite Kleypas…but it's absolutely worth a read and a reread and another reread. I use the CAWPILE Review method for my reviews (see explanation here), just to keep me honest and help me understand what exactly I liked/didn't like. My ratings are below. Characters: 8/10 Atmosphere/Setting: 9/10 Writing: 10/10 Plot: 9/10 Intrigue: 9/10 Logic/Relationships: 9/10 Enjoyment: 10/10 Total rating 64/70 divided by 7 = 9.1 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 🌶️ 🌶️ View all my reviews
#bluey's bookshelf 2024#book tumblr#book blog#historical romance#blueysbookshelf#tessa dare#the duchess deal#girl meets duke series
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stan twins the canon cptsd brothers i will always think about all your unaddressed issues that would make perfect plot fuel for your spinoff
and also the whole 'stan getting that poem by bill via a website which contrasts with bill getting one from the axolotl via a website' foreshadowing thing
like idk i would love something like su future but like more optimistic, aka not an accumulated breakdown that has to be mostly resolved off screen at the end :/// but something thats being kinda addressed throughout? (although would love to see one of them turn into a monster thats always fun lol)
stan having severe issues from his dad and those years of being homeless that we keep on getting more info on but never really getting confronted on (the drifter catalogue and tijuana incident...), him being completely alone for like twenty years when running the shack before soos comes along to the point that 1998 is noted as his low point, and him not really learning about bill+what he did to ford until ages after he killed him if he ever did get the full context
while i think amnesia and everyone seeing him as a hero actually helped with stan's 'i'm a worse version of my brother' thing its still a lingering issue too and we now got him being insecure over his own hands
ford being immediately thrown from 'being tortured by bill' to 'being stuck in the multiverse and being chased by bounty hunters constantly', him fully expecting himself to die when destroying bill, and him only now being safe for the first time in 30 years ....relatively safe, he's still in constant danger because of course he is
idk in the end the series wants them to be happy and they deserve it, its why i wasn't too worried about the book being like 'ooh bill is back!! and the book is haunting ford' thing cos i knew they'll be ok
#stan pines#ford pines#stanley pines#stanford pines#gravity falls#stan twins#as for the 'still on your mind' thing to me its stan literally thinking about bill despite ford resolving to move past it#or alternatively me on my same coin theory obsession lmao#me yelling and screaming at ouroboros being used to link to the axolotl and bill and how ford didn't actually keep it#which brings up even more questions about it reappearing in the shack when stan takes over#of course even if him realising about reincarnation being a thing i think its still way less to deal with than his actual issues#something something a same soul doesnt mean much when he already proved himself a better person a million times over#idk my thoughts on reincarnation as a concept is like eh??? anyway#also completely unrelated but stan writing fanfic means he knows what soos meant when he was talking about stan fics#soos seems like a gen fic writer especially with the ones we got as those promos#the train one where he comes up with a giant backstory for the setting that has nothing to do with the fic bros is super funny#but meanwhile we have stan the canonical smut writer who had to be writing it that summer#would he be a self insert shipper? would he projecting on the duchess instead? is he both???#i have many questions#then again judging from hows theres a wedding scene that he got super emotional over he might just be a shipper????#this has nothing to do with my original post#...or does it cos the axolotl last appears reacting to stan freaking out about count li--#anyway if you think this post is longer than my usual its cos i physically made myself delete most tags and put it in the actual post
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something I really love about ever after high is that every character that’s even slightly portrayed as a villain or antagonist actually has a reason for being that way besides “that’s just how they are”. Actually fleshed out, 3 dimensional antagonists arent something you see a lot of in kids shows.
for example, Kitty and Faybelle are mean and chaotic, not just because they want to be, but because they idolize their mothers. They want to live up to their mothers legacies and expectations more than anything else.
Lizzie has been trained her whole life to become a queen know for being bold, angry, and ruthless; making it difficult to express any emotion outside of those qualities. She’s also currently stranded in a confusing world that constantly misunderstands her.
Duchess is cursed with a terrible ending to her story, and will do anything to get her own happy ending, even if it means sacrificing friendships.
Ramona only appears to be a mean girl on the outside, she uses that appearance and rivalry with cerise to protect herself and her family.
Blondie is just very hard-working. She is very set on her goals and will do anything to achieve them. She won’t let anyone get in her way.
Apple has been groomed from birth to believe she must hold tradition above all else. She’s been told many lies by those she has always put her trust in, and she believes those lies wholeheartedly. She tries her hardest to be a good person, but is too set in her ways to see any perspective other than her own.
#Ik some of these characters can barely be considered antagonists but it’s not a big deal so don’t come after me#eah#ever after high#lizzie hearts#apple white#ramona badwolf#faybelle thorn#kitty cheshire#duchess swan#blondie locks#Also I’m sorry I’m not good at punctuation lol
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I really love The Magic Thief because Conn is such an enticing protagonist (all sassy and snarky but 90% of it is his internal narration, not spoken aloud, he observes so much, and he's clever!) and also because Nevery, despite his seeming aloofness and the *gestures* crotchety old wizard vibes of him, he's JUST as chaotic as Conn
#the magic thief#sarah prineas#the letter to the duchess: hey im back to help you out. if you dont like it ill leave you to deal with the proble. (you need me willa lol)#duchess letter back: fine but NO PYROTECHNIC EXPERIMENTS THIS TIME#nevery to conn later: ill teach you magic if youll teach me lockpicking#nevery is a force of chaotic good disguised as a crotchety old man#this is why he and conn get on so well#conn is a force of chaotic good who has never tried being anything but#nevery just knows how to sass with plausible deniability#i fucking love them both#''if you deem that twenty years' banishment is enough''
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J.L. Laynesmith taking the 'Buckingham Did It™' route for the murder of the Princes in the Tower AND the rumors of Edward IV's bastardy ... I have to laugh
#my post#history media#this was in her book 'Cecily Duchess of York' which I have ... Thoughts on#I really liked it overall - it was meticulously researched and gave me information that I hadn't previously known about Cecily#However this often contrasts with Laynesmith's own very evident biases assumptions and conjecture#and the effect is very jarring#This becomes slightly more pronounced after 1464 and actually ridiculous after 1483.#She also suggests that Henry VI may have genuinely died of a melancholy-induced stroke like Edward IV claimed which is just...lmfao#I don't know what to say at this point lol#To be fair she does specifically note that he died shortly after Edward arrived in London and that most contemporaries believed#it was far too convenient#which is far more acknowledgement and culpability than she gives Richard III whose culpability for the 'disappearance' of his nephews is#literally never touched upon - the blame is conveniently dumped on Buckingham#honestly the whole Deal with Buckingham is so odd. dude was a political neophyte; was given a primarily ceremonial role by Edward IV#throughout his reign and was younger than Richard (who was a seasoned politician). What makes you think Buckingham of all people#was some kind of political genius and making decisions over RICHARD of all people lol?#anyway#This book was pretty decent with Margaret of Anjou which was great#it was less decent with Elizabeth Woodville which was not so great :/#some of the assumptions it made (for Cecily's benefit naturally) were so weird#and the way she 'reassessed' Elizabeth's role in 1483 was very distasteful#I might make a separate post on that because it was very annoying#(also claiming Henry Tudor landed with 'a small band of Lancastrian exiles' - yeah no. the majority of the 'exiles' who supported him were#Yorkist aka Edward IV's supporters who opposed Richard. because this was very much an internal civil war between the dynasty#and Henry became a claimant only after being chosen by Yorkists after the October risings made clear the Princes were dead#the claim that challenged Richard's was Elizabeth of York not Henry's. let's not twist words here)#(ALSO I'm sorry but William Stanley certainly did not choose to commit his troops to Henry Tudor because Henry was 'his brother's stepson'#he did that out of loyalty to Edward IV and his children as Henry was the chosen claimant of the Yorkist faction#hence why he may have betrayed Henry VII in the 1490s for Perkin Warbeck who pretended to be Edward's second son. so jot that down)#you really see these small minor details which are very much chosen purposefully and paint a very different picture lol
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The Festival of the Damned had never caught their interest -- although the use of a spooky atmosphere that came around this time does wonders to amp up the terrifying factor they hold. A method they liberally use, considering it assists in striking fear even if for just fun.
Chi lets out a low growling laugh, the echo in their voice becoming far more dissonant with the sound. Only that as the fires spread from within the crystals to crawling across the ground around them. Flames that threaten to burn all that it gets near -- including the one that stands close by.
@nautikids encountered the Warden during the spooky season!
#nautikids#ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴄᴇʟʟꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘɪʀᴀᴛᴇ ꜰɪʟᴛʜ! ✦ chi ic#(might whip up one with Duchess later for the other muse that doesn't deal with Chi lol)
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The Duke & Duchess of Sussex being the absolute cutest couple ever during the trailer for the second half of their Netflix documentary ''Harry and Meghan - A Global Event'', released December 15th, 2022.
#my edit#The Duke and Duchess of Sussex#Prince Harry#Meghan Markle#CAN WE JUST TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT HOW BIG ARCHIE IS NOW?#Meghan's dress tho#and lili on her dad's shoulders#I can't deal with this cuteness
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I’m still alive to my own surprise. And still an addict with no surprise at all. I’ve just made an incredible deal with my French guy and by getting home, I’ve found my 5g from my German guy.
A couple weeks ago I went to the doctor and guess what he told me? (Nah he didn’t say “girl you better try to have fun don’t matter what you do!” Ps Sinéad O'Connor we still miss you babe). He said I must quit this stuff and get clean. Duh!!! 🙄 He refilled my prescription so now I’m drowning in pills, but how can I get clean? I mean you have to want it first, right? And I’m not in that state of mind, not at the moment…I’m sorry…
#still alive#what a surprise#addiction#Addict#deal#drug dealers#heroin girl#the dope duchess#nodsquad#harm reduction#doctor#psychiatrist#nothing compares to you#sinead o'connor#borderline personality disorder#prescription#prescription refilled#getting clean#rehab#drug rehab#duh#drowning in pills#the right state of mind#help#personal#problematique’s adventures#OD
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June 2024 Reading Recap
How is June over? It felt like it went by in the blink of an eye. I also swore I read more books than I did this month, but I guess I did not. This month, I only read 4 books, which is way less than I thought, but it is what it is. As we’re officially past the year’s mid-point, let’s also check in on my overall reading goals. For 2024, I set a goal of reading 100 books. I had a rough start to…
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#Bec McMaster#Emily Hamilton#June Recap#Kate Canterbary#My Lady Quicksilver#Reading Recap#Tessa Dare#The Belle and the Beard#The Duchess Deal#The Stars Too Fondly
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Satine Kryze Defense Squad
Ugh.
I don't know why Satine hate needed to show up on my dash, but why do these weirdos insist on referring to her as a dictator and accusing her of committing genocide? Gross.
Immediate block!
I don't have time for that negativity. Or the asinine ignorance that comes with this anti-Satine discourse.
Duchess Satine is one badass lady who turned Mandalore from a bloodthirsty warrior society into a peaceful planet.
She was right about the Clone Wars from the very beginning.
She was targeted for assassination by Death Watch, the Separatists, AND the Republic because she refused to get involved with the war.
But yeah, she's the dictator for trying to protect her people from more violence and unnecessary death because she saw the Clone War for the game it was from the very beginning. Got it. 🙄
#satine kryze#duchess of mandalore#i will absolutely throw hands#and she is the love of obi-wan's life#fucking deal with it#she's a pacifist and she stands behind her convictions even when she realizes she's about to be murdered by maul#she remains kind even as she's dying in obi-wan's arms#like fuck off with this mentality that she was a bad person#she was a badass who knew her stance would most likely end up getting her killed one day#but she remained strong anyway
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For the ship questions post, I have two ships. Firstly, 4 and 6 for pre-relationship, 2 for general, and 10 for love, for Panya, because *obviously*
And the second one is just 1, 4, and 5 for general for the crack ship Larmina and Zora (I just picked randomly which drule twin to use lol)
you fell into my trap and now you are stuck listening to my panya rambling YOU FOOL This got super long lol, stuff is under the cut Here's the post we're referencing
Yellow for Panya, Purple for Larmina/Zora
Pre-Relationship
4. Who felt romantic feelings first? Anya did! It was two years after they reconnected on Arus and right before the team got split up because of Wade. She never said anything because she was scarred she'd lose the special closeness they had, and because Pidge was crushing on Lance at the time lol
His crush ends after The Incident, since Pidge dedicated himself to getting back black lion, and Anya's crush takes a back burner while she makes sure Allura doesn't turn into a vegetable because of her depression. Around three years later, though, Pidge starts crushing on her in turn because she had come to visit them on Earth instead of Allura (she got dragged into royal business) during the holidays. Something about Anya laughing with the streetlights reflecting off her eyes and the snow that reminded him of home really got to him. Likewise, seeing Pidge still have so much life in him and his general excitement to have her near again brought that crush back into focus for Anya. Neither of them would act on it until like another 3 years though
6. If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think? Pidge would brush it off, he doesn't believe in destiny or ghosts or anything mystical that's part of a greater force. Anya already believes they're soulmates, but not in the romantic sense. Soulmates to her are just people who are meant to keep crossing each other's path, and that has happened at least 3 times with Pidge
General
2. Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like? No official first date, as in they went out somewhere, but what they consider their first date is when they both spent a bunch of time together in the Royal Archives. Only Arusian royalty and their advisors are allowed in, so Coran gave Anya a key for the door, and Pidge has snuck in there a lot before because he's not going to be kept from information period. It'd had been a long day for them both and the two wanted to spend some alone time together, so they agreed to meet in the archive, where almost nobody else was allowed in. Inside the archive was a nook hidden by the ceiling tall bookcases, it had a small couch with a lamp and coffee table. Neither of them knows who set it up, but they brought over some blankets and electric kettle and mugs just to sit and cuddle with each other. And that was how they liked it, a moment of peace together doing whatever they wanted in each other's presence
1. Who initiated the relationship, and how did it go? It was probably Zora tbh LMAOO Larmina holds grudges for a LOOONG time, and she wasn't over their joyride in the city, especially because as royalty they should know better. Eventually they do play nice and Zora has liked Larmina's spark from the start, so she just bluntly asks her out. Larmina takes it as a challenge almost, she doesn't see it as a fun time, but they end up getting along great and agree to keep seeing each other.
The Twins aren't actually evil in my eyes, I like to think they're spies who work with Lotor and feed the info back to the rest of the Drule Empire, which had kicked out the 9th kingdom (Lotor's kingdom) after dotu.
4. Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)? Larmina's first relationship, but not Zora's anything. I see them both as minors, so I'm not going much farther than that, but Larmina now fully understands why her aunt is so attached to the idea of someone really loving her in their relationship
5. What’s their height difference? Age difference? In the comics they look to be the same height, but I've always hc'd that the ladies of the team to be taller than their respective group (except Anya she got the short end of the stick, literally) Larmina is taller than Zora but actually younger than her. In dotu I know they gave the Drule's ages that go into the centuries, but I can't see that without some serious physical changes, so the twins are about as young as the cadets (Zora 19-20, Larmina 18)
Love
10. Do they prefer verbal or physical affection? This is actually kind of tough, at least for Pidge Anya prefers physical affection, she wasn't given a lot of verbal affection before either, but something about feeling the touch and warmth of another person makes her feel so happy For Pidge I guess he's the same, he's probably used to getting told how smart he is and things related to that because of his genius. When he gets physical affection though, it surprises him, it's really only Hunk Lance and Allura that are physically affectionate with him, so now that Anya is getting a lot more touchy as his partner it's like he can't get enough. Even if they're in the same room doing separate things, one of their limbs has to touch somehow or else he'll get dramatic. Truthfully, it's because of his last relationship that ended abruptly and horribly, her touch reminds him that she isn't going anywhere, especially after he let himself romantically care for and get into a relationship with someone again.
#voltron force#vforce11#voltron force 2011#vf pidge#darrell pidge stoker#vf oc#vf larmina#duchess larmina#vf zora#vf ships#panya#larmina/zora#vf hcs#toast talks#ask answered#i told you you'd have to deal with my rambling#i have so much panya i haven't said anything about#mostly because i straight up forget lol
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