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MY REVIEW:
Genre | Tropes: Regency Romance, Mystery, Murder Mystery
This book was an absolute treat! Miss Tilney and Mr. Darcy are adorable characters that each have their own unique quirks that compliment each other perfectly! Mr. Darcy does not like crowds or loud events, preferring the solitude of a reading room over the extravagant season events. Miss Tilney is a comfortable socialite, but understands Mr. Darcy in a way that no one else does. Plus they have one big thing in common, they excel at investigating murders together!
It’s officially ‘The Season’ in London and Mr. Darcy has been asked by his parents to be a guest at the Bertram home for the season and attempt to socialize and maybe find a wife. But his heart already belongs to Miss Tilney, whom his family does not approve of. She’s a little below their families position and they want someone more for him.
Miss Tilney is surprisingly going to be in London for the season with her mother and is absolutely delighted when she finds Mr. Darcy is also here.
The most important aspect is that these two characters have had many previous interactions together in the past working together as self-appointed murder investigators. They do a really good job at it too!
So when a murder happens, of course these two amateur sleuths are ready for the challenge. They navigate their own growing attractions to one another as well as investigating the most likely perpetrators. It’s a fun and engaging murder mystery with romance sprinkled in throughout.
A delightful weekend read that’s perfect for anyone that enjoys historical romance, cozy mystery vibes, and of course the intricacies of London society.
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The fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray’s Jane Austen sequel series, which finds amateur sleuths Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney caught up in the whirlwind of the London Season—and in a murderous scheme involving the family of Edmund and Fanny Bertram
Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney understand each other perfectly; it’s a pity their families do not. A series of misunderstandings, misplaced pride, and—indeed—prejudice, has led their parents to deem the pair unsuited to wed. Now, with the Season approaching, Juliet’s grandfather, General Tilney, has sent her to London with a new wardrobe and orders to prove herself worthy of someone better than the snobby Darcys. Meanwhile, Jonathan has been forced to accept an invitation to stay in town with old friends Edmund and Fanny Bertram at the house of Edmund’s brother, Sir Thomas. Oblivious to and undesiring of female attention outside of Juliet’s, Jonathan is at risk of being ensnared by Caroline Bingley’s previously rebuffed plans to make herself—or her daughter—mistress of Pemberley.
But when Mr. Rushworth, the former husband of Edmund’s sister Maria, is discovered dead in his home, Jonathan and Juliet find themselves with problems far weightier than the marriage market. In one of the greatest scandals of its day, Maria abandoned her new husband in favor of the notorious rake Henry Crawford, and when he wouldn’t marry her, was forced to flee to the continent in disgrace. Now Maria is back, accompanied by a daughter she claims Mr. Rushworth fathered after their divorce—and who he wrote into his will just before his death. To spare Edmund and Fanny further social shame, Jonathan and Juliet must unmask a killer before the drama surrounding the Rushworth family fortune claims another victim.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, a disc jockey, and an extremely poor waitress. Her lifelong interests in old houses, classic movies, vintage style, and history all play a part in creating the world of Evernight.
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