A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence

De: Jess Everlee

Narrado por: Ell Potter

Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone…

London, 1885

A lesbian in a lavender marriage, Jo Smith cuts a dashing figure in pin-striped trousers, working in her bookshop and keeping impolite company. But her hard-earned stability is about to be upended thanks to her husband’s pregnant paramour, who needs medical attention that no reputable doctor will provide.

Enter Dr. Emily Clarke, a tantalizing bluestocking working at a quaint village hospital outside the city. Emily has reservations about getting mixed up in Jo’s scandalous arrangement, but her flustered, heart-racing response to Jo has her agreeing to help despite herself.

There’s a world of difference between Jo’s community of underground clubs and sapphic societies and Emily’s respectable suburbs. Perhaps it’s a gap that even fervent desire can’t bridge.

But for those bold enough to take the risk, who knows what delicious adventures might be in store…

Lucky Lovers of London

Book 1: The Gentleman's Book of Vices
Book 2: A Rulebook for Restless Rogues
Book 3: A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence

Sweet story with believable characters

I liked the fact that the characters seemed very real, and that they didn’t always react in stereotypical ways. It kept the book from feeling formulaic. It’s a sweet Sapphic love story, and kept me entertained throughout. It haven’t read the previous books in the series, but this worked perfectly well as a stand alone. Though I liked it enough that I am definitely going to read the previous books!

The narrator was quite good!

A delightful read

A great third book in the series. The story is as lovely and entertaining as the previous books, and here we finally get a closer look at the sapphics lives in Victorian London, which is a delightful cherry on top of a heartfelt love story. All the characters of the series now feel like old good friends to me, and I hope to meet them again in a next book! Looking forward to new books of the author.