Name: Everything and the Moon
Rating: 3.578947368421053 (19 reviews)
ISBN: 9780061741869

Julia Quinn

It was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar. . .while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield. Surely what their meddlesome fathers insisted must have been true-that he was a reckless seducer determined to destroy her innocence. . . and she was a shameless fortune hunter. So it most certainly was for the best when their plans to elope went hopelessly awry. Even after a seven-year separation, Victoria-now a governess-still leaves Robert breathless. But how could he ever again trust the raven-haired deceiver who had shattered his soul? And Victoria could never give her heart a second time to the cad who so callously trampled on it the first. But a passion fated will not be denied, and vows of love yearn to be kept. . . even when one promises the moon.

Everything and the Moon

Sandra Gomes

The first book in an irresistible duet by the globally bestselling author of the Bridgerton series. If you loved Bridgerton, you'll adore the Lyndon Sisters . . . When Robert Kemble stumbles across Victoria Lyndon in a hedgerow maze, he can't believe his eyes. The girl who'd torn him in two, who let him plan an elopement and then left him standing by the side of the road, was suddenly within arm's reach, and even though his fury still knew no bounds, she was impossible to resist. Victoria's father had told her an earl would never marry a vicar's daughter, and he was right. Robert had promised her marriage, then danced off to London while she suffered the shame of a foiled elopement. But even though Victoria doesn't particularly enjoy her new life as a governess, when Robert offers her a job of a different sort - his mistress - she refuses, unable to sacrifice her honour, even for him. But Robert won't take no for an answer, and he vows to make her his, through any means possible. Can these star-crossed lovers learn to trust again? And is love really sweeter the second time round? 'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love . . . and gives them a thoroughly modern twist. I can't focus on anything else' Stylist

Number 1 in Series

Arabella Mai Wallis

** spoiler alert **
           3.5/5

In this book we follow Victoria and Robert as they go through their instance of love at first sight, ending in a prevented elopement (daddy issues as hell) and then ‘reconcile’ seven years later and Robert makes it his life mission to get Victoria back with him. The two are constantly going back and forth with Victoria trying to deny her positive feelings for him and muster up all anger and negativity she can whereas Robert has his mind set on ‘ruining’ her so she has to be with him. This is the situation for the majority of the book when they eventually do get back together again - after Robert essentially abducts Victoria - and they end up procuring a special license and marrying a few days later and introducing themselves to society prior to the end of the season. 

I thought this would be a second chance romance however I was disappointed with what I read. Don’t get me wrong there were scenes and moments that I liked however I felt a lot of things were glossed over such as the Vicar’s treatment of his daughters and Robert’s mindset towards getting back with Victoria was not a healthy thing - ruining and abducting her and getting her to become his mistress as opposed to his wife - and no matter how hard Julia Quinn tried to get us to like Robert and ‘see him’ realising his mistakes it just felt glossed over and pushed to the side. Also Victoria was not the most loveable Quinn character I have read about as she felt very inconsistent throughout and although she claimed to want to stand up for herself she never did it as often as I think she could have, especially regarding Robert, and I think Quinn used the ideas of love at first sight to diminish that and I was just not a fan.

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