Stephanie A. > Recent Status Updates

NO YOU WERE DOING SO WELL, who told you to introduce c-words! Strike these last 2 pages from the record. So close to making open door readable...

Also, for the record, I was fully prepared for it to turn Accidentally Sexy and I have no qualms with that either, y'all have earned it.

G RATED BED SHARING SLEEPOVER SUGGESTION?? This is the best fake dating plot I've ever seen.

'Shh. I'm fulfilling a teenage fantasy. Do you think you could make your skin sparkle? Like a morally conflicted, self-described disco ball serial killer?"

Literally giggling and kicking my feet right now.

This man's compassion levels exceed expectation at every turn and I am getting into a bit of a swoon about it.

I feel very seen, haha.

Six full weeks after checkout, I'm finally in the mood to start this
And...could it be? Is that...a tingle of the magic coming back re: how I feel about her writing??

ew.

accidentally starting this on the exact same date the book does, incredible

This was first published in 1955 and when I tell you this chapter is detailing her first flight, and you're reading about all the little luxuries and delights of flying Back In The Day... We used to be a society.

sick/crying/comfort-seeking, yessss, pour it into my bottomless coffee cup

Honestly only surprised by like 4 of the Goodreads Choice winners, but the fact that Freida McFadden and Ali Hazelwood both got shut out makes up for anything I would otherwise complain about (and even that still isn't very much; a decent year in the books).

TWO historical fiction books with unmarried ladies being held by a gentleman in private train cars during emotional breakdowns in one month?? I feel delightfully spoilt.

I can of course be mollified, if only briefly, by a good comfort scene.

This far into a Matthews book the man should be a smitten kitten, but this one is still regularly rude and hostile and sharp and looks as though he wanted to 'seize her and shake her.' WHO enjoys this dynamic, cause to borrow some Selena Gomez lyrics, it ain't me!

Fine. Rescuing her fear-frozen self is acceptably gallant, but I refuse to swoon about the kiss (but it's still good, because it's Mimi Matthews and she literally cant write a bad one).

"My parasol is tipped with steel, by the way." *whistles*

All right, reflexively breaking a dude's nose because he indirectly called Miss Flite a whore wins him some points.

Oh, so he admits that he's a street rat. Refreshing.

(Seriously how is she gonna redeem this one. can she even? I've never encountered a Mimi Matthews love interest I didn't like on sight)

What if we killed this smug-ass street rat. (Romance is off to a great start! /s)

I guess I'm starting this? Currently still very skeptical of the tone.