Reviews by Ellen Micheletti
To celebrate the arrival of Netflix's Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series.
(originally published on July 5, 2003)I'll confess that this is my first Bridgerton novel. I know now I want more of them, I want all of them. As soon as I f ...
An AAR Top 100 Romance
originally published on March 26, 1998
So often heroes and heroines of romances are larger-than-life characters. Lords, ladies, knights, cowboys, and swashbuckling types in general. There's nothing wrong with that, we all like a little wish fulfillment and fantasy in our r ...
I haven't read a really good European historical romance in a while and had heard some good things about Stephanie Laurens' new book Devil's Bride. I had read her earlier book, Captain Jack's Woman and thought it was pretty good. I had heard such good things about Devil's Bride that I was afraid it ...
An AAR Top 100 Romance
originally published on August 27, 2006
Lover Awakened is the third book in J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Those who have not read the first two books may feel a bit like the new bride at a family reunion, but eventually you'll figure out who's who. A handy gl ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you love romance novels, chances are good that you also love Jane Austen’s novels. Miss Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice is a masterpiece and universally beloved (and my own favorite) but her last book, Persuasion runs a very close second. Persua ...
An AAR Top 100 Romance
review originally published on August 16, 2006
It’s been some time now since I had a good cry over a book, but toward the end of Simply Love I had to get out several handkerchiefs. When Mary Balogh is on top of her game, she is hard to beat and she has a real winner here.
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Heiress in Love is an enjoyable novel. It’s always a treat to discover new-to-me historical romance authors, especially those who can create wonderful characters like Jane and Constantine in this book. Lady Jane Westruther was abandoned by her wealthy parents and after a stint i ...
With The Naked King Sally MacKenzie brings her Naked series to a close. I’ve read most of the books in this series and point to them as good examples of light historicals done right. The characters are likable, the plots move quickly, and there’s a nasty villain to add a bit of darkness. I had a ...
Devil’s Own tells the story of two long suffering people who find hope, healing and love with each other. It’s a leisurely character-driven romance that I found very satisfying – no wallpaper history here. When he was only ten, Aiden MacAlpin was kidnapped by pirate raiders ...
There are thousands and thousands of blogs, but only a handful of superstar bloggers. One of them is Ree Drummond who blogs about her life on the Oklahoma cattle ranch where she lives with her husband and four children. Ree’s blog features her photography, recipes, and tales of life on a working ...