Four novellas linked by Lady Whistledown´s Society Papers (first introduced by Julia Quinn in her Bridgeton series):- 'One True Love' by Suzanne Enoch (3 stars): The heroine, Anne, ruined the story for me. Even though the hero, Maximilian, came to think she was not as spoiled as he previously though, her actions throughout the story didn´t support his way of thinking. If Maximilian had decided to leave Anne in London and go back to Yorkshire without her, I wouldn´t have been unhappy. That´s how

It has come to the attention of This Author that a Certain Writer who calls herself "Daniella" (a somewhat outlandish nom de plume, is it not?) has published a rather disconcerting column about several figures of the ton. Some of them, Gentle Reader, you may already be familiar with, seeing as they have been gracing This Author's Society Papers as of late. It would seem that the newly wed Lady Anne Trent, wife to the Marquis of Halfurst, received the greatest amount of censure and was called

This was four novellas intertwined together. Loved the whole thing but some of the characters in here were annoying.

3.5 for JQ

One True Love by Suzanne Enoch- 4 starsI love a story where the hero has to chase the heroine.. and a merry chase does she take him on! Cute little story!Two Hearts by Karen Hawkins- 5 starsThis hero had my heart all a-flutter!! Royce! *sigh* I would have loved for this story to be full length so I could get more of his yumminess! Royce and Liza have been friends for 21 years and until she starts looking for a husband neither of them realized their growing attraction or love for one another.. lo...

Meh.No enough Whistledown for me🤷🏾‍♀️

I loved these short stories, especially the first two. I think my face was starting to hurt from all the smiling I was doing. Of course, Lady Whistledown was just the icing on the cake.

This anthology was one of my favorites to read, mostly because all the stories were interwoven together, despite being written by four separate authors. Perhaps that is common in historical romance anthologies, but I have never read an anthology before where everything was interconnected.The Bridgerton family does not make an appearance in this anthology, though Penelope the Wallflower does at one point.I found all four stories to be entertaining. If you enjoyed the Julia Quinn Bridgerton series...

September 5-7, 2012Uhhh... I can't imagine there isn't anything I DIDN'T write in my previous review! I mean, GEESH! That review is almost an entire novella! *reads the novella* OMG! So cute! I want to read it again!!!! I'm going to get Lady Whistledown #2 (Lady Whistledown Strikes Back).... That's what I'll do...September 22-24, 2010Collection of novellas by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, and Mia Ryan. All four stories are intertwined, which I've never seen before in anthologies! Bu...

It is really difficult to write a review of a book that has stories from different authors. I chose to stick with the middle ground for this one because I didn't enjoy every story. One True Love by Suzanne Enoch - One starI've never been a huge fan of Ms. Enoch's, and this book brought home the reason for my misgivings. Lady Anne Bishop has been betrothed to Maximilian, Earl of Halfurst, since birth. When the story begins, Anne is 19 and thoroughly enjoying an unexpectedly cold and s...

5 stars - 36 Valentines (David & Susannah)The most accurate way to describe this story is captured in one word -- “Aww...” What a sweet story!! I loved it. There’s nothing like a big, strong, serious man getting flustered and resorting to writing valentines all in the name of love for an unlikely heroine. This was a perfect short story… as much as I like the H/h, I don’t think their story could have been a full length book. *David is the swoon worthy hero in this collection*3 stars – Two Hearts

One True Love, Suzanne EnochLady Anne Bishop and Maximilian Trent, Marquis of Halfurst, have been engaged for NINETEEN YEARS. Then Anne is seen doing SNOW ANGELS like some kind of icy HARLOT with another fellow so her fiancee shows up and DEMANDS VOWS. This was...fine? I actually didn't mind the setup: Max's determination to claim his wayward fiancee; Anne's rejection; the decision to woo her—all that was intriguing. But then there was cyclical arguments, flouncing, sex escalation, and a messy c...

ONE TRUE LOVEAnne and Maximilian- a socialite and a dashing sheep farmer, hah! They're a couple who conquered love by compromise. Their story is wonderful! I especially like the "goodnight and goodmorning" kisses I give it 4/5 stars. This is my first Suzanne Enoch read. I'm interested in trying out her other works TWO HEARTSLiza and Royce- Their story is cute. It's about two people who have long been friends that slowly come to the realization that they're meant to be more than friends. Liza rem...

There are different stories in this collection, all adorned by clever interventions by Lady Whistledown. So, one by one:- One True LoveAn arranged marriage for Anne and Maxwell turns out ok after all. Cute romantic story, the physical aspect was a little bit rushed and treated slightly (very) out of historical sense. Still quite enjoyable. - Two Hearts Liza is a quirky spinster and Royce is a Regency-era man-slut. He's clueless and selfish, taking an age to realize that he loves his best friend....

This is the first in the Whistledown Set and per the author's website, she does not consider the Whistledown set part of the Bridgerton series because none of the Bridgerton characters are involved. This book has 4 short stories that are all fun reads.1. One True Love by Suzanne Enoch2. Two Hearts by Karen Hawkins3. A Dozen Kisses by Mia Ryan4. Thirty-Six Valentines by Julia QuinnEnjoy!

Julia Quinn's short story was my favourite

4 Regency romances, 3 with sex, 1 with implied sex. They all run concurrently & culminate on Valentine's Day at a ball. Each story has the other storie's characters making brief appearances at the theater, a skating party & finally at the ball. Suzanne Enoch - 4 stars. This is a nice, if predictable tale. The couple has been betrothed since the girl was born 19 years ago (the boy was 7). They have never met, so the girl has been having fun in her beloved London, while the boy is running his est

This is a mixed rating for four novellas in one book in very mixed quality. My four star rating is carried only by Julia Quinn's novella, this one alone was worth to me to get this book.What is it that makes one predictable romance just moseying along, and the other one, quite as predictable, a page turner? Interesting comparison between Suzanne Enoch's rather boring "One True Love" and Julia Quinn's amusing "Thirty-six Valentines" and the not-worth-to-mention ones in-between.Suzanne Enoch's "On...

I should begin by saying that I don't often read novellas or short stories since I vastly prefer to spend the length of a full novel with characters that I come to love, but I've read everything else by Julia Quinn (I think), and so I picked up this collection of 4 novellas, written by Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan, and Julia Quinn.I found the overall format to be clever. The 4 stories parallelled one another, set in London during the winter of 1814. In each story, the characters went t...

It was cute, sweet, yadda, yadda. I want to give my kudos to Mia Ryan for having her leading man be shot in the head and have subsequent brain damage. If I had known that, I would have read this book ages ago.Do me a favor, anyone reading this review, if you know of books where the lead gets shot in the head, tip me off to them. Thanks.PS. Did Mia Ryan die? Her work in these books are so good but she hasn't published anything in years.

Still great after all these years! Julia Quinn adds so much energy to the stories with Lady Whistledown plus her own story including Mr. Clive Snowne-Mann-Formsby. No one makes me giggle like Julia.This quartet is a lot of great writing for the money. Each story is complete with memorable characters and believable contexts. I can't pick a favorite, I can't.

Four fun and fluffy tales of the single (and married but slightly abandoned) ladies of old London town. I liked this one better than Lady Whistledown Strikes back.

Very silly, but I liked the way the stories by the different authors intertwined.

I think I would've been more content with just a book full of Lady Whistledow commentary instead of including short stories to incorporate them but beggars can't be choosers haha.

I’ll be honest I wasn’t so interested in these little anthologies- anthologies are so hit or miss anyways- but somewhere along the line I became deeply committed to reading every single Bridgerton-affiliated book and I’m too stubborn to quit now. One True Love- Maximillian is a stupid name. I get that it was the 1800s but did we really need him to recount him holding her when she was three months old. Her being 19 and him 26 is a constant source of discomfort. Weird vibes, 2/5. Two Hearts- WHY D...

I love Lady Whistledown from the Bridgerton series, and this is such a cute idea to build a novella around. I did end up struggling a bit with the fact that all four novellas take place over the exact same stretch of time with the exact same events being where key relationship milestones are hit. Everyone goes ice skating, everyone goes to the same play, and everyone goes to the same ball at the end. Conceptually, I see why they did this, but as a reader, it feels a bit redundant and made it a b...

3,5 maybe?!

**Solid 4 Stars**I think one of my favorite things and what I didn't expect was the connection between all four separate stories. I went into this book thinking it would simply be various Whistledown stories from various seasons, and the relationship between each I actually rather enjoyed. The two main events that each of them went to connected the stories well, and after the second, I began to look forward to how the other stories interacted with the others, if at all.Out of the four, there was...

The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown enables Lady Whistledown (from Julia Quinn’s Bridgertons series) to appear as a character in four separate short stories (by four romance authors) about four different couples that are connected by (1) a performance of “The Merchant of Venice” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; (2) the Morelands’ ice skating party on the Thames; and (3) Lady Shelbourne’s Valentine’s Day Ball. It was fun to find each of the four couples’ appearances in the others’ stori...

Light entertaining read in the vein of Pride and Prejudice, the three short stories were written by different authors but contained related characters. All of them leveraged commentary by Mrs Whistledown. I would rate the first two sections higher than the third.