The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (Avon Historical Romance)

Jaclyn

So much drama and so addicting!! Loved it!!

Sandra Gomes

Delicious. Julia Quinn never lets me down :)

Julia Quinn

ROMANTIC FICTION: HISTORICAL. At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her-until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever. But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day-while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier-and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

Francesca G

I just read almost 400 pages of a girl being in love with her best friend's brother. That's all this is, this book is just the trope, there is literally nothing else to it at all.

Cecília Amaral

I LOVED THAT BOOK SO FREAKING MUCH 
The beginning was kinda of boring, but then it turned out to be really good, it made me have a mix of emotions, cry a lot and love it even more. Turner is not my favourite character in the world (spoiler alert🚨 he’s a jerk), but Miranda and her love made this book worth it.

Sans

Fair warning: This is a gut-reaction review, written under the influence of my monthly "gift" from mother nature. Perhaps if I'd read this at a different time, I could have found some redeeming qualities about it. But I didn't, so I can't.

I'm slightly horrified by this book. Specifically by Turner and, to a lesser extent, by Miranda herself. I can't think of anything in the book I can qualify as "romance" and still hold my head up high.

First, Turner. An asshat of epic proportions. He's an emotionally stunted bully, pure and simple. I dislike his character so intensely, I can't even state why in clear, concise terms. It's a visceral reaction to his selfish, underhanded, borderline violent ways. Pushing his own sister against a wall and basically threatening her is despicable. Grabbing his mother's wrist and squeezing it in warning? Doing the same to his own wife on numerous occasions? No. Just no. There is no excuse for behaviour like that. I don't care how scared poor widdle Turner is. You don't use force on women. EVER.

Now, why was I forgiving of Kerrick in 
  
 when he backhanded Avry but I'm ready to lead a lynch mob out for Turner's blood? Simple. Kerrick didn't know Avry and he was very sorry he did it. Turner knew every single woman he put his hands on in anger and didn't apologize but once. No remorse, just a flimsy excuse of not being himself. 

Moving on to Miranda. Poor, misguided Miranda, who would prefer to stumble into an unhealthy relationship with her childhood obsession than pick herself up, patch up her heart, and find someone who will treat her the way she deserves to. She's spent the entirety of her formative years pining over a man nine years her senior, never giving a second thought to finding someone who will actually tell her that he loves her and do more than play with her body and placate her. No. She'd rather blindly believe she can "fix" the damage done by Turner's first wife. I call bullshit. You can't change someone and you can't fix something they want to stay broken. 

Also: Carriage sex. Really? Did we have to go there? I'd take a star off for that alone if I wasn't rating this so low already.

I had no sympathy for either of these characters and am frankly disgusted by them. The only reason I gave this two stars instead of one is that Quinn has a very good writing style, even if I don't like what she's writing.

Vanessa Bintou

Most of my Goodreads friends seem to enjoy the series, but not as much as The Bridgerons. I'm ok with that, I loved the Bridgerton myself, but personally I enjoyed this series more. First of all, there were certain scenes that I just could stop laughing. I honestly think that it's cute, charming and funnny!!
The characters once again were great and the writing beautiful. I like how the way Julia Quinn writes the scenes and her descriptions, make me feel like I'm there with them. 
Finally, the thing that made me love this series more than The Bridgerton is that there was a plot, not a complicated one, I mean it's a love story, but there was. The vibes were more like the book of Penelope and Colin, of the Bridgertons, which is one of my favourite of the series, if not the best.

Once again, I had a great time reading one of Julia Quinn's books!

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1 March 1811. Today I fell in love. At the age of ten, Miss Miranda Cheever showed no signs of ever becoming a Great Beauty. Her hair was lamentably brown, her eyes the same muddy colour, and her legs, which were uncommonly long, refused to learn anything which might remotely be called grace. Only, in 1811, the nineteen-year-old Viscount Turner - eldest brother of Miranda's closest friend - had kissed the hand of an awkward ten-year-old girl and promised her that one day she'd be as beautiful as she was smart. Now, eight years later, Miranda is a woman grown, and Turner an embittered widower. But she has never forgotten his kindness. Indeed it is only in her diary that she confides the truth: she has never stopped loving Turner, and she has never stopped hoping that one day he will see her as more than a nave girl.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (Avon Historical Romance)

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