Reviews by Cheryl Sneed
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 June 25, 2006)On the Way to the Wedding, the final entry in Julia Quinn's popular Bridgerton series, started off with a great atte ...
An AAR Top 100 Romance
originally published on December 9, 2008
Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels is an annual reread for me, and, when I close the book with a big smile on my face, I automatically reach for The Last Hellion, whose hero is the drunk Dain fights at the inn on his wedding night. Th ...
An AAR Top 100 Romance
originally published on July 11, 2007
I've always enjoyed Laura Lee Guhrke's writing although I was disappointed with her last, She's No Princess. However, I am happy to say that And Then He Kissed Her is her best book yet.
Emmaline Dove, 30-year-old spinster, has been secr ...
I've been sitting here looking at my computer monitor for five minutes trying to come up with a pithy introduction to sum up Vexing the Viscount. I got nothing. It's a C. That's about it.Daisy Drake had a crush on the half-Italian Lucian Beaumont, the Vexed Viscount, when they were children and ...
Tempting Fate is Alissa Johnson's second book and has one of my favorite storylines: the childhood friends to lovers relationship. Though I had a few problems with it, I liked it well enough to order Johnson's first book, As Luck Would Have It.Whittaker Cole, the Earl of Thurston, and Mirabelle ...
The Runaway McBride has an interesting premise for a new series and is a second-chance-at-love story, a favorite of mine. However, there were some problems along the way. Lady Valeria, descended from a long line of Scottish seers, is on her deathbed surrounded by her three grandsons. ...
After three long years, Connie Brockway has written another historical romance, with the promise of more to come, as well as more contemporaries. As one who mourned the loss of her unique historical voice I say, "Huzzah!" So Enchanting has a similar feeling to her wonderful Bridal Season, and while ...
Jacquie D'Alessandro's last two books trod that precarious line between a B- and a C+ for me. Sadly, Seduced at Midnight crossed over that line. While there were a couple of things I was willing to overlook in the previous books in this series, there are just too many problems - among the admitted ...
I've never read a Sophie Jordan romance before, and if Surrender to Me is any indication, I will not be reading any more. Aggravating martyrs for leads, a cookie-cutter villain and pasteboard history all made for a frustrating read.Lady Astrid Derring is Martyr #1. Her good-for-nothin ...