“After five unsuccessful Seasons on the marriage mart, Miss Adelaide Duveen has resigned herself to the notion that she's destined to remain a spinster forever--a rather dismal prospect, but one that will allow her to concentrate on her darling cats and books. However, when she inadvertently stumbles upon Mr. Gideon Abbott engaged in a clandestine activity during a dinner party, Adelaide finds herself thrust into a world of intrigue that resembles the plots in the spy novels she devours.
Former intelligence agent Gideon Abbott feels responsible for Adelaide after society threatens to banish her because of the distraction she caused to save his case. Hoping to return the favor, he turns to a good friend--and one of high society's leaders--to take Adelaide in hand and turn her fashionable.
When danger surrounds them and Adelaide finds herself a target of the criminals in Gideon's case, the spark of love between them threatens to be quenched for good--along with their lives.”
Series: Book #1 in “The Matchmakers” series. Review of Book #1 Here!
Spiritual Content- 'H's are capital when referring to God; Adelaide believes God created her just as He intended and won’t ignore His intentions just to fit in with society; Adelaide wonders if God has a plan for her if society did the unexpected and embraced her, that it may be used to give hope to other ladies like her (when she realizes she forgot this plan, she wonders if she’s disappointed God and reaches out to other ladies); Mentions of God; A few mentions of praying; A mention of a godsend opportunity;
*Note: A mention of Gideon having a “face that recalled images of fallen angels”; A mention of sheer luck being the reason why someone was unharmed in a dangerous situation; A mention of cavemen.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a form of ‘shut up’, a form of ‘stupid’, a ‘why in heaven’s name’, two ‘on my word’s, six ‘good heavens’s, & eight forms of ‘idiot’; Eye rolling & Sarcasm; Gunfire, Shooting, Shooting someone (accidentally), Being held at gunpoint, & Being kidnapped (up to semi-detailed); A couple lies (because of being undercover/working on a mission); Gideon and a couple side characters drink champagne at party; Many mentions of potential murders, crime bosses/gangs, criminals, crimes, threats (including of harm and killing), thieves, thefts, stealing, stolen items, robbers/burglars, break-ins, blackmail, extortion, jail, & arrests; Many mentions of fights/attacks, weapons, weapons being aimed at others, being held at gunpoint, someone being shot/shot at, gunfire, injuries, pain, & blood/bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of wars; Mentions of fights/attacks & making someone unconscious; Mentions of kidnappings & a missing young woman; Mentions of an accidental fire (Book #1); Mentions of alcohol, social drinking at parties, & a drunk; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of gossip, rumors, & eavesdropping; Mentions of attacking animals (towards both humans and other animals, including dogs vs cats and cats vs birds, barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of deaths (of Gideon’s father); A few mentions of a dying mother (implied to not be true); A couple mentions of an almost drowning; A couple mentions of a (fictional) criminal being called “Boris the Butcher”; A couple mentions of gambling dens; A couple mentions of a poisons; A couple mentions of bullies & pranks in school; A couple mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of the death of an old cat; A mention of a butcher trying to attack a dog that stole from him (the dog is rescued before being harmed, barely-above-not-detailed); A mention of someone wanting to hang a cat;
*Note: When mentioning the fire that Adelaide was involved in Book #1, she says she could have been “horribly disfigured” and is “not deformed” because of Gideon’s actions; Mentions of books & authors (classics of this time period); Mentions of Adelaide being ridiculed by society & others shunning her and other wallflowers.
*Note: Mentions of voluptuous figures (including a dressmaker trying to make Adelaide look more voluptuous due to her mother’s requests); Mentions of undergarments & unmentionables (including Adelaide accidentally showing her drawers in front of both women and men at a party and later not having her dress on when trying to rescue a cat); A mention of Adelaide referring to her figure as “boyish”; A mention of Adelaide’s decolletage being shown in a dress (noticed by Gideon, no details besides him wanting to give her his jacket to keep from other men from noticing her).
-Gideon Abbott
P.O.V. switches between them
Set in 1888-1889
361 pages
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That was adorable. I had very high hopes for it and this book totally met them!
I think this book is in my top five of books by this author. I laughed so hard at many times when reading—I was nearly crying from laughing so hard. Their banter and conversations were just perfection. This might just be my new favorite book by Jen Turano….hmmm.
I love how when Adelaide is all dressed up for a ball, Gideon thinks she’s lovely but it’s not lovely as in “she’s-never-been-this-pretty-before-and-just-needed-getting-gussied-up” which happens so often in the makeover trope and honestly annoys me a bit because the girl already was pretty, I can assure you, the guy was just too dense to see that. But, no, not Gideon. She was beautiful in his eyes—like always. Swoon. They were also good friends before any falling happened and then he also fell for her first—two things I absolutely love to see.
My only complaints would be: I wish there had been more faith content because it was very light. There was also some mishandling of guns that was supposed to be funny, but felt irresponsible of the characters. I think I would give this book a personal rating of 4.75 stars if I could.
There were so many great side characters in this book (Leopoldo and Vernon were the best additions!) and I’m super excited about the third book in this series—dare I hope it’s about Camilla and Charles? :)
See y’all on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free from the Author for this honest review.
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