Charlie Jonquil is mild-mannered and kind―except when it comes to his one true adversary, Artemis Lancaster. Though Charlie has a brilliant mind for mathematics, Artemis poses a problem he can't seem to comprehend: how can one be so lovely and so infuriating? A party in London brings him into the company of the maddening young lady, and it is clear that Charlie's disdain is mutual. But when an unfortunate incident between the pair involving Charlie's jacket and a glass of raspberry shrub leads to scandal, the sworn enemies are left with only two options: be ruined or be married.
So it is that Artemis
finds herself in a most outrageous predicament: she must wed a gentleman
she's hated for years―and she pledges to avoid him at all costs. But it
is only when they enter into this mockery of a marriage that Charlie
and Artemis learn things are not as simple as they once appeared. As
their tentative ceasefire leads to friendship, it seems their marriage
born of desperation might lead them to a love that was destined to be.
Rorie's Review:
Have you ever had a book that you were super excited to read, yet kept putting off because once you finish it, that means the series is over? Yeah, that was this book for me. I think I had it for a few weeks before I finally picked it up. I have made it no secret that I absolutely adore the Jonquil family, and I 100% wish they were my neighbors. This is a series that I have and will continue to read over and over again, because I just love it that much.
From reading all of the other Jonquil and Lancaster stories, I had several preconceived notions about Charlie and Artemis. Most of them not all that favorable. I think the author does that on purpose, because I felt the same way about "Holy Harry" before I read his book. Sarah does an amazing job of showing the reader all of the many layers that make up each of these characters. And oh! Slight spoiler alert, but not a bad one. We get all of the Jonquils and Lancasters together in one place! That made my heart happy.
If you have not yet read any books from this series, go do that right now. And when you've read the other ones, then come and read this story and have your heart melted more than once throughout. I'm still sad that both series are coming to a close, but since it eventually had to end, this story was the perfect way to end it.
Andrea's Review:
I was very excited when I saw that Sarah M. Eden was writing a book about the youngest siblings in the Jonquil and Lancaster families. I have loved the books about these families, and I couldn't wait to see how it would all come together. Artemis had been, for lack of a better word, a bit of a dramatic pain in the other books, and Charlie was mostly a trouble maker (although we'd seen glimpses of both of them that indicated they were much more than those labels). Those glimpses made me curious about their depth, but I didn't go into Charming Artemis with much of a love for either character.
I really liked some aspects of the story, but other parts felt a bit too . . . convenient, in an effort to tie everything up in a neat bow. At the end of the story I liked both characters better than I had going into it, but it was one of those stories that my expectations were so high that I didn't quite get what I was hoping for from it. Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood when I read it though, so I will give it another shot, and I will definitely read more from the author.
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