Just Stab Me Now
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4.6 • 13 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
A desperate mother. A dubious escort.
And a deranged author who won't leave them alone.
Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline's favourite tropes.
But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow. She has a war to stop and two children to get home to and flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being Only One Bed.
What's an author to do? Especially when discussions with her editor might reveal that he and Rosamund's Hot Enemy have some suspicious similarities . . .
Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup's debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta and medieval-inspired as enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.
Swords optional.
Customer Reviews
Great read!
I couldn’t stop reading, it’s funny in a good way with dashes of drama. Makes fun of tropes in a clever and entertaining way. Thanks for this novel! I hope there are more in the future!
Excellent!
I really hope Jill Bearup is going to be writing a lot more of these as I’ve not read a first novel as good as this in a long time.
I came across a couple of the author’s video clip series that kicked off the writing of this book while watching her longer form videos analysing great film sword fights, such as Princess Bride etc.
Their concept was interesting enough that I bought this book on a whim when it was announced and I’m really very pleased that I did.
The plot is perfectly balanced and uses its gimmick (protagonist actually conversing with the writer) just enough to drive the parallel stories without being silly or feeling overused. The characters all work and feel genuine and the fantasy story nudges the tropes just enough to wind up the (character) writer and creates an excellent (non bodice) ripping yarn.
I’d heartily recommend it to anyone, even if it’s just so you can annoy the person sat next to you at the cinema when it’s released as a summer blockbuster by telling them “I read the original book you know”.