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I don't understand how you can consistently get the umlaut in "Fräulein" wrong? Like, even a basic Google translation will tell you where the dots go. Bizarre.

I fancied the pants off Jennifer Hallet in the first two books but I'm starting to suspect what works brilliantly for an entertaining side character doesn't work near as well for a bona fide love interest.

Turns out I need things to go well for these hyper-violent idiots and I don't care one whit who all has to die for it.

ngl, coach kinda facepalming all "i ain't getting paid enough to point out you two dysfunctional chaos demons like each other" has me in stitches. Someone get this man a raise.

The actual gameplay of Exy still doesn't make much sense but also I've rarely cared this much about the outcome of a sports season this much in any number of better-written sporty books, so there's that 🤷‍♀️

Was I just not paying attention because I consider them extras, or was there no prior indication that Dan and Matt are dating?? Meanwhile, gotta love Neil and his non-reaction to a supposedly harrowing death. He doesn't have the spoons to care about some random teammate overdosing, c'mon!

what even is this??? someone send help

"With respect, Your Majesty," Health Minister Forsberg said, her socialist leanings evident in her tone..."
Yes, I too make sure to always sound audibly socialist when addressing royalty. (What.)

Bring on that hope, my guy. Please do.

I have a lot of questions but not in a good way :/

The thick plottens! (who in the hell marketed this as YA anything, and have they been fired? 'cause they really need to be)

Tell me one more time how sensible you are while missing the most obvious shit, please do.

This was off to a bit of a slow start but I'm into it now *popcornmunch*

I adore Ana so much.

I wonder if there's a write-off subsection for "garments destroyed through exposure to assorted corpse goo" for crematory workers' tax returns.

These covers are so frickin' gorgeous *paws*

Looking much forward to our intrepid heroine starting to broaden her horizons and quit her very credible League of German Maidens persona 😬

I am emotionally compromised.

Welcome to Flambards in Summer, the only book to ever have me sobbing uncontrollably on page one.

I love Dorothy so much.
"So Mark kissed you on the mouth! Dish, girl, dish!"
"uh he's my COUSIN"
"yeah so is Will. his brother. your actual fiancé. you Essex folks are weird, darling"

I need a familiar palate cleanser after a disappointing read, so I'm breaking out the gorgeous new editions, yay!

Now they're at a CASINO, good lord. Will there be a Regency-costume Elvis impersonator next, because that would actually be fabulous.

Yes hello I appear to have made myself the fact checker for this book out of sheer grumpy aggravation: Speakers' Corner was not a thing until 1872 *faceplants*

Why do Harriet's throwaway thoughts about going to school sound suspiciously like a modern co-ed situation? Ma'am, you would have been school-aged well before 1800 and I don't think what educational facilities for girls existed at the time would have let in a sex worker's bastard daughter, arrrrgh, this book

"...her bodice displaying a fair amount more breasts than than is typical of even a barmaid."
I take it we have entered Total Recall territory.

I'm also reasonably sure they didn't have baby "buggies" during the Regency (a quick Google search tells me prams were Victorian and the versions existing before then were deathtraps pulled by goats??), or that a lady of the ton would be pushing her own if they did, but I'm learning I'll have to pick my battles with this book lest I spend the entire read spluttering with historical inaccuracy-induced outrage.

And now the duke is telling a lady he met an hour ago that she's dull to her face, Jesus fucking Christ on a piece of toast. This is clearly not meant to be a complete parody so WHAT.

Another one from the Nitpickers' Society of Pedantry and Obsession with Historical Accuracy, sorry, but... I don't care how unconventional and scandalous you are, lady, you do NOT address a duke by his first name in public, let alone yell it across a crowded ballroom! What.

I'm enjoying this a good deal so far and am pleasantly surprised it isn't YA, but I really need these Regency characters to stop saying "ass" every other page (the body part, not the donkey). In fact, I have a sneaky suspicion and/or hazy memory that I was annoyed by the very same thing in Gentleman's Guide. American authors, get someone to Britpick your England-based manuscripts, I beg of you.