Much Ado About You
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3.9 • 29 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The cozy comforts of an English village bookstore open up a world of new possibilities for Evie Starling in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.
At thirty-three-years old Evangeline Starling’s life in Chicago is missing that special something. And when she’s passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Some time away to regain perspective might be just the thing. In a burst of impulsivity, she plans a holiday in a quaint English village. The holiday package comes with a temporary position at Much Ado About Books, the bookstore located beneath her rental apartment. There’s no better dream vacation for the bookish Evie, a life-long Shakespeare lover.
Not only is Evie swept up in running the delightful store as soon as she arrives, she’s drawn into the lives, loves and drama of the friendly villagers. Including Roane Robson, the charismatic and sexy farmer who tempts Evie every day with his friendly flirtations. Evie is determined to keep him at bay because a holiday romance can only end in heartbreak, right? But Evie can’t deny their connection and longs to trust in her handsome farmer that their whirlwind romance could turn in to the forever kind of love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Immaturity and angst overshadow the joy in this disappointing romance from Young (the On Dublin Street series). When 33-year-old Chicagoan Evangeline Starling is passed over for a promotion and stood up for dinner after a month of online flirtation, she quits her job and radically reevaluates her life, adopting the mantra "No more men who made me doubt myself. No more job that made me feel like a failure." Conveniently, the owner of quaint English bookshop Much Ado About Books needs someone to mind her store for a month, and Shakespeare-obsessed Anglophile Evie jumps at the chance. She meets local Roane Robson after risking her life to save his beloved Great Dane from being hit by a car, instantly earning his respect. Roane is a charming, earnest suitor, and their meet-cute is lovely, but Evie herself is recycled from rom-com stereotypes. She meddles in local affairs like a modern-day Emma and is rewarded rather than criticized for her interference. Her incoherent resistance to romance, though, is a superficial salve for her insecurities and puts a serious damper on the love story. Though billed as a romantic comedy, there's more melancholy than humor here, and not enough depth to back up the heavy emotions. This is a let down.
Customer Reviews
wonderfully fun and romantic
MUCH ADO ABOUT YOU by Samantha Young is a contemporary, adult, romance story line focusing on twenty-six year old English rancher Roane Robson, and thirty-three year old American editor Evangeline ‘Evie’ Starling.
Told from first person perspective (Evie) MUCH ADO ABOUT YOU follows thirty-three year old Evangeline Starling in the wake of another failed attempt at dating, and losing a promotion to someone younger. When the opportunity to spend a few weeks in England surfaces, Evie jumps at the opportunity to take over the management of a small-town English bookstore. Enter rancher Roane Robson, the man with whom Evie will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Evie and Roane, and the potential fall-out as Evie feels betrayed by lies of omission.
Evie Starling has a few rules when it comes to dating, and a few weeks in England finds Evie struggling between head and heart. Never expecting to find love on another continent, Evie quickly succumbs to Roane’s good looks and smooth attempts at seduction and love.Roane Robson owns and works a large ranch on the English countryside but finds himself pulled into the aura that is our story line heroine. Evie quickly becomes the town sweetheart as she works to push lovers together in the midst of her own life falling apart.
The relationship between Roane and Evie is one of immediate attraction but Evie has made a promise to herself not to get involved with another man but Roane has fallen quickly for our story line heroine, and in this Evie finds herself falling for Roane in return. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
The colorful and captivating secondary and supporting characters include many of the townsfolk that come in and out of our heroine’s life.
MUCH ADO ABOUT YOU is a wonderfully fun and romantic story line. The premise is entertaining and delightful; the romance is flirtatious; the characters are animated and spirited.