To Have and to Hoax
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In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attention—and maybe just win each other back in the process.
Five years ago, Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley met, fell in love, and got married. Four years ago, they had a fight to end all fights, and have barely spoken since.
Their once-passionate love match has been reduced to one of cold, detached politeness. But when Violet receives a letter that James has been thrown from his horse and rendered unconscious at their country estate, she races to be by his side—only to discover him alive and well at a tavern, and completely unaware of her concern. She’s outraged. He’s confused. And the distance between them has never been more apparent.
Wanting to teach her estranged husband a lesson, Violet decides to feign an illness of her own. James quickly sees through it, but he decides to play along in an ever-escalating game of manipulation, featuring actors masquerading as doctors, threats of Swiss sanitariums, faux mistresses—and a lot of flirtation between a husband and wife who might not hate each other as much as they thought. Will the two be able to overcome four years of hurt or will they continue to deny the spark between them?
With charm, wit, and heart in spades, To Have and to Hoax is a fresh and eminently entertaining romantic comedy—perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Julia Quinn.
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At first, this book was overtly ridiculous, but I enjoyed myself, even if it wasn't written all that well. Towards the end, even I, who usually is the person who says "This is exactly how I want my slow burns to go" when everyone else is already saying "please get a move on" and "can they finally talk to each other", found that this was overtly drawn out. The last about thirty pages seemed to be a waste as they seemed to have the exact same conversation with the same relationship development multiple times. This usually would be exactly what I like, and the first half would have gotten this a nice 3-star-rating, because even through the weak writing, the character interactions and dynamics were funny enough, but the end just dragged so much and the writing just made it worse. Really, if the last 30 pages had not been the way they were, my whole review would have been that very first sentence, but the last pages just made me so fed up. And seeing that the writing was bad enough that only my enjoyment despite it had kept me at thinking I'd give it 3 stars, I cannot in good conscience give it more than these 2.
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Writing Style
Description
In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attention—and maybe just win each other back in the process.
Five years ago, Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley met, fell in love, and got married. Four years ago, they had a fight to end all fights, and have barely spoken since.
Their once-passionate love match has been reduced to one of cold, detached politeness. But when Violet receives a letter that James has been thrown from his horse and rendered unconscious at their country estate, she races to be by his side—only to discover him alive and well at a tavern, and completely unaware of her concern. She’s outraged. He’s confused. And the distance between them has never been more apparent.
Wanting to teach her estranged husband a lesson, Violet decides to feign an illness of her own. James quickly sees through it, but he decides to play along in an ever-escalating game of manipulation, featuring actors masquerading as doctors, threats of Swiss sanitariums, faux mistresses—and a lot of flirtation between a husband and wife who might not hate each other as much as they thought. Will the two be able to overcome four years of hurt or will they continue to deny the spark between them?
With charm, wit, and heart in spades, To Have and to Hoax is a fresh and eminently entertaining romantic comedy—perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Julia Quinn.
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At first, this book was overtly ridiculous, but I enjoyed myself, even if it wasn't written all that well. Towards the end, even I, who usually is the person who says "This is exactly how I want my slow burns to go" when everyone else is already saying "please get a move on" and "can they finally talk to each other", found that this was overtly drawn out. The last about thirty pages seemed to be a waste as they seemed to have the exact same conversation with the same relationship development multiple times. This usually would be exactly what I like, and the first half would have gotten this a nice 3-star-rating, because even through the weak writing, the character interactions and dynamics were funny enough, but the end just dragged so much and the writing just made it worse. Really, if the last 30 pages had not been the way they were, my whole review would have been that very first sentence, but the last pages just made me so fed up. And seeing that the writing was bad enough that only my enjoyment despite it had kept me at thinking I'd give it 3 stars, I cannot in good conscience give it more than these 2.