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Serena 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

Serena 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)

Serena 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

Serena 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

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena is 18% done with Where Have All the Scoundrels Gone (Dukes in Disguise Book 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 Book 2)

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

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

Competence kink 😋

— Apr 11, 2025 10:42AM Add a comment

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena is 65% done with A Naval Surgeon to Fight For

This audiobook is fantastic!

— Mar 26, 2025 06:48AM Add a comment

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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

Serena 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

Serena 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

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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)

Serena 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

Serena 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.
Friend me there! Username: legallybookish_serena

— Nov 26, 2024 10:53AM Add a comment

Serena 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