Hi.
It's been a good while since I last posted. At least since I last posted properly, following a schedule. With a book release, and illness in the household, I've been too preoccupied to actually create any blog posts.
Now I'm ill, which gave me an opportunity to read, for the first time in ages! I actually received my copy of this book through a review portal. If you are interested, and want to check it out and potentially review some books as well, you can find out some more information HERE!
Let me introduce the book, and then we can get into my review!
It’s going to be the best summer ever for ambitious, overachieving Quinn. A huge history buff, not only has she landed her dream job interning in the archives department of the local castle, but her best friend will be working there too.
However, Quinn isn’t the only one to be working in Archives this summer; Quinn’s academic rival, Patrick, is sharing her office in Muniments. They’re competing for the Letter of Recommendation (singular) from the research historian that Quinn needs to get her dream future placement.
Their emotionally-loaded and competitive rivalry turns into a reluctant friendship, as they spend every day working together in silence (and sharing the occasional Twix). Until the Re-Enactors arrive. Between Patrick and Harry – the Golden Knight of the jousting team – Quinn’s carefully planned summer is thrown into complete disarray. Meanwhile, her best friend’s relationship may look perfect on the outside, but Quinn is starting to realise that there’s more going on than there seems.
Although Quinn is determined and single minded about planning every detail of her sparkling future, she comes to discover that the best things in life are the spontaneous ones – and that some people are more important than any Letter of Recommendation (singular) could ever be.
My Review!
Quinn is ready for the best summer of her life. She has her dream intern job, her best friend will be working in the same castle, albeit in the cafe, not in the archives, and at the end of the internship, she will receive the Letter of Recommendation she needs to further her dreams, and to get the next dream placement.
The only problem is, when Quinn shows up for the first day of work, not only is she forced to take part in a briefing she doesn’t need to, therefore making her late, she finds that she is not the only person working in archives. She will be working alongside Patrick, her rival in everything. He is in the year above her at school, but she is taking the same subjects as he did, and with everything, the teachers are always telling her to have a look at what he did, because he is the golden boy that she is just compared to. That’s not all though – the real kicker is that there is only one Letter of Recommendation, and they are both competing for it.
Quinn is a very prepared person, she has everything planned to the final second. That first day of work completely throws her, because nothing goes as she planned. She can’t get into work without doing the briefing, which she was told she did not have to do, and when she finally arrives? She certainly was not expecting her nemesis to be sat at a desk. Quinn’s frustrations are incredibly clear. Her future means everything to her and everything starts falling apart in front of her.
This is definitely an enemies to lovers story, for from the very beginning, it is clear that Quinn cannot stand Patrick, and it is an effort for them to even be civil to each other. Being forced to work in the same room, day in day out, means that, eventually, there must be some conversation, and, after a while, they might even become friends… not that Quinn is an unfriendly person, she just doesn’t like Patrick!
While on the surface this is a cute love story between two history geeks, there is so much more to this book. One: there is Harry, a Re-Enactor knight who has come to sweep his princess off her feet (not that Quinn particularly wants that). Two: Frankie, Quinn’s best friend, is having boyfriend troubles. Three: Quinn goes on a journey of realisation when she starts to discover that, just maybe, not everything is as important at the Letter of Recommendation. Frankie’s boyfriend troubles, in particular, stirred up a lot of trouble. Her boyfriend is annoying her, with how much he checks in, constantly texting her and trying to always know where she is and what she’s doing. His controlling behaviour escalates rapidly, and eventually, threats start coming both Frankie’s and Quinn’s way. While it is a side plot of the novel, it is one of great importance. The way the relationship, and the events, has been described is wonderful, even if the actual events are not. Not all relationships are healthy, and Frankie shows that everyone should be treated the way they deserve, with love, respect, and compassion.
I loved Patrick and Quinn, especially some of their things. It is not a spoiler to talk about the Twixs. One will buy the other a Twix, and they will share it. They show each other how they’re feeling through chocolate, which I think is amazing. They have other things as well, but I don’t want to go too much into it. You will have to read the book and find all the little quirky things they do yourself! I love how Patrick lets Quinn lead the relationship. He knows what he is comfortable with, but she doesn’t, so he sits back and waits for her to figure out what she wants, instead of pressuring her forwards. Their relationship isn’t particularly helped by Harry the Re-Enactor, who I loathe for reasons I will not divulge for spoiler’s sake, but still. Again, read the book if you’re curious!
If you are after a lighthearted romance book, with some more serious sub-plots, and don’t have anything important to do, you should grab a copy of this book and read it. I mention that you can’t have anything important to do, because you won’t be able to put this book down. I read it over two days, but only because I fell asleep the first day! Otherwise, I could have easily read it in one sitting.
And done!
I am so glad I asked to receive a copy of this book, because I was certainly in need of a five star romance book to snuggle up with.
I don't have much to say down here, I pretty much said everything I wanted to at the top of this post. So, yeah!
That's all for now...
Bye!
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