By Susanna Craig
A Ladies Guide to Misconduct Book 2
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️
Audiobook rating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Blurb
In this Bridgerton era You’ve Got Mail, the clever, popular, and deliciously shocking ladies’ periodical Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses only employs women who are equal to the challenge—and for one biting theatre critic, that challenge happens to include romance.
A fast-paced, innovative, sexy historical romance with a modern twist that readers of Sabrina Jeffries, Sarah MacLean, and Julia Quinn will adore.
As the daughter of a clergyman, Julia Addison knows she’ll never be able to fulfill her lifelong dream of acting on the stage. But writing forthright reviews of the Season’s most popular plays for Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses, popularly known as Goode’s Guide to Misconduct is surely the next best thing. Even better, she’s got a ticket to Ransom Blackadder’s latest irritating satire about English society. Best of all, she’s sharing a theater box with the gruff but handsome Lord Dunstane, which is enough to make Julia call for an encore . . .
Graham McKay, the Earl of Dunstane, rarely leaves his home in the Scottish Highlands. Why would he? Nothing about London has ever held his interest—until he meets Julia. But when Graham realizes she is the critic who panned his last play—and she discovers he is in fact the man behind Blackadder’s wicked pen—will it bring down the curtain on their romance—not to mention the magazine that published the humiliating review? Or can an unexpected collaboration set the stage for a scandalous love affair?
Genre: Historical Romance
Read if you Like:
📜 Meddling matron
📜 Secret identities
📜 Ladies magazine
📜 Mystery plot
📜 Theater setting
My Thoughts:
A magazine for young ladies is a really fun premise! I liked reading about a heroine who had the opportunity to indulge her love of writing. I am a big fan of theater so it was really fun to read about Julia getting to explore her love of theater.
It's always fun to watch a man who is grumpy and thinks he doesn't need anyone fall in love. I did like how hard he fell for Julia. I didn't find their dynamic the most interesting part of the story. The chemistry wasn't there for me. However, the plot was interesting enough that I still enjoyed this one.
One thing I really enjoyed about this book is how well it read as a standalone. I hadn't read the first book but I didn't feel lost at all. I think this series is fun but I have read a lot of similar series so I'm not sure I will continue it. I recommend it for readers who like a theater setting and a grumpy hero.
I listened to the audiobook version and Elizabeth Jasicki did an amazing job! You may recognize her from Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore. I highly recommend the audio for this book.
Thanks to RB Media and Kensington Books for providing me with an arc. All opinions are my own.
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