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legallybookishserena is 30% done with Not the Duke's Darling (Greycourt, #1)

Must we have a sob backstory in which the colonizer is turned into a victim at the hands of the colonized people written by a white author? Come on Hoyt 😒

— Sep 30, 2025 12:37PM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 3% done with Practically Wicked (Haverston Family, #3)

Only a few pages in and I am reminded again how fantastic she is with dialogue and banter.

— Aug 19, 2025 08:15AM Add a comment

Practically Wicked (Haverston Family, #3)

legallybookishserena is 40% done with Reckless (The House of Rohan, #2)

Anne Stuart heroes are some of my favorite assholes.

— Aug 17, 2025 03:46AM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 62% done with How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days

I can’t tell if it’s just my mood but this silliness is a lot fun!

— Aug 09, 2025 07:18PM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 22% done with Hardly a Gentleman (Accidental Brides, #2)

22% and the MCs haven’t met yet…

— Jun 26, 2025 10:27PM Add a comment

Hardly a Gentleman (Accidental Brides, #2)

legallybookishserena is 30% done with A Most Unlikely Lady (The Queen's Deadly Damsels #4)

So really enjoying this book so far but wow I cannot find any CWs anywhere and there definitely needs to be past child sexual abuse CW on this one.

— Jun 16, 2025 12:40PM Add a comment

A Most Unlikely Lady (The Queen's Deadly Damsels #4)

legallybookishserena is 18% done with Where Have All the Scoundrels Gone (Dukes in Disguise, #2)

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I am not vibing with MJW’s voice for the MMC 😭😭😭

— Jun 07, 2025 06:45AM Add a comment

Where Have All the Scoundrels Gone (Dukes in Disguise, #2)

legallybookishserena is 70% done with The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2)

The pacing…is…not…working for me 😫

— Apr 26, 2025 01:52PM Add a comment

The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2)

legallybookishserena is 35% done with A Lady's Guide to London (The Lucky Ladies of London, #2)

Holy cow this audiobook is amazing.

— Apr 25, 2025 08:13PM Add a comment

A Lady's Guide to London (The Lucky Ladies of London, #2)

legallybookishserena is 45% done with Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1)

Competence kink 😋

— Apr 11, 2025 10:42AM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 75% done with Secrets of a Duke (A Chronicle of Misadventures #2)

The angst is breaking my heart (in a good way) 😭

— Apr 11, 2025 10:41AM Add a comment

Secrets of a Duke (A Chronicle of Misadventures #2)

legallybookishserena is 22% done with An Unexpected Gentleman (Haverston Family, #2)

I forgot how witty her writing is. So delightful.

— Apr 07, 2025 07:26AM Add a comment

An Unexpected Gentleman (Haverston Family, #2)

legallybookishserena is 70% done with The Veiled Heart (The Velvet Basement, #1)

MMC just “not all men” FMC and her boundaries of shitty men 😒

— Mar 27, 2025 11:59AM Add a comment

The Veiled Heart (The Velvet Basement, #1)

legallybookishserena is 65% done with A Naval Surgeon to Fight For: A Friends to Lovers Historical Romance

This audiobook is fantastic!

— Mar 26, 2025 06:48AM Add a comment

A Naval Surgeon to Fight For: A Friends to Lovers Historical Romance

legallybookishserena is 45% done with Balthazar: The Spare (The Hale Family: Americans in London, #1)

Finally picking up.

— Mar 15, 2025 07:45PM Add a comment

Balthazar: The Spare (The Hale Family: Americans in London, #1)

legallybookishserena is 20% done with Secrets of a Proper Lady (Last Man Standing, #3)

This is cute. Audiobook isn’t working for me though switching to reading.

— Mar 01, 2025 07:26AM Add a comment

Secrets of a Proper Lady (Last Man Standing, #3)

legallybookishserena is 70% done with Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

I love it when starchy men keep their witty banter as they get unstarchy.

— Feb 28, 2025 11:25AM Add a comment

Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

legallybookishserena is 30% done with Wicked, My Love (Wicked Little Secrets, #2)

I haven’t laughed out loud this hard reading in a long time. This is a riot.

— Feb 18, 2025 07:30PM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 6% done with Wicked, My Love (Wicked Little Secrets, #2)

Oh she’s also neurodivergent! Maybe on the spectrum? That’s a wonderful surprise. Already loving this book.

— Feb 18, 2025 06:16AM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 2% done with Wicked, My Love (Wicked Little Secrets, #2)

Omg that prologue was hilarious. I’m cackling. This is promising.

— Feb 18, 2025 12:05AM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 10% done with Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

Idk if I can get through this with third person present tense POV and I really want to bc it’s cute so far.

— Feb 14, 2025 09:08AM Add a comment

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

legallybookishserena is 35% done with Wicked Little Secrets (Wicked Little Secrets, #1)

We have a TSTL girl but so it’s all still funny so I’m enjoying myself

— Jan 31, 2025 06:29AM Add a comment

Wicked Little Secrets (Wicked Little Secrets, #1)

legallybookishserena is 45% done with Don't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to Be Scoundrels (Dukes in Disguise, #1)

So far a little slow paced but cute and cozy. MJW can narrate the phone book so I’m fine.

— Jan 18, 2025 09:35PM Add a comment

Don't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to Be Scoundrels (Dukes in Disguise, #1)

legallybookishserena is 30% done with Sir Andrew and the Authoress (Clairvoir Castle Romances #3)

The banter is bantering *chefs kiss*

— Dec 17, 2024 08:28PM Add a comment

Sir Andrew and the Authoress (Clairvoir Castle Romances #3)

legallybookishserena is 70% done with Miracle on Ladies' Mile

Today I learned that I’m not a fan of the trope when the MMC is a widower and he is still saying his dead wife is the love of his life and no one can replace her 70% into the book 😒

— Dec 13, 2024 12:32PM Add a comment

legallybookishserena added a status update

Will eventually be moving permanently to Storygraph by 2025. Working on the transfer and getting used to it now. Won't be updating this much soon after.
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— Nov 26, 2024 10:53AM Add a comment

legallybookishserena is 30% done with Every Rogue Has His Charm (Love and Let Spy, #4)

Aaaww cute secondary romance alert 🥰

— Nov 18, 2024 03:29PM Add a comment