Review: Lady Love

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An aristocrat and a gardener walk into a bar, and the barman says—never mind. They walked into a shed, and they’re kissing. Oops. 

My name is Lady Gabriella Hastings, and there are three things you need to know about me. One: my idiot brother will inherit the estate I’ve adored my entire life. Two: my father wants me to marry an idiot who has an estate like this. Three: my aunt’s goats keep escaping and terrorising the public. Oh, and I have a huge crush on the gardener. Except I have absolutely no time to sort my own love life, because I’m too busy moonlighting as an online agony aunt to fix everyone else’s problems. If only I could stop having inappropriate feelings about Miles Kingsley, the grumpy, bearded gardener of Arrowwood Hall. He hates me, and I’m not quite sure why. My own horticultural dreams are about to slip through my fingers, and he’s the one person who can help me. If only he wasn’t such a classist bas—ahem. But when a storm leaves us stranded at the estate with no power, and one of my assignments means I need his help, and a fancy party forces truths to come to light, there might just be a chance for us after all…

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: October 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: I had a lot of fun with this book. Gabriella is a riot (and so are her two best friends Eva and Adelaide) and there were be lots of pages where I was laughing out loud along with the story.

 

 

   

 

But...while I loved Miles I found his character a bit inconsistent - I understand why he kept his distance from Gabriella at the beginning of the book, but it was hard for me to grasp how fast he changed. He's totally different at the end and while I was happy for the both of them, I still found it unsettling. I also don't understand why Gabriella's secret blog is mentioned here and there but then there's little to no follow up.

In any case, Lady Love is still a lovely book and will account for a few fun, well spent hours.

(this book was initially published with the title Love Language).

  

Happy readings!

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