The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
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As a master of disguise, Thomasina Wynchester can be a polite young lady -- or a bawdy old man. She'll do whatever it takes to solve the cases her family takes on. But when Tommy's beautiful new client turns out to be the highborn lady she's secretly smitten with, more than her mission is at stake . . .
Bluestocking Miss Philippa York doesn't believe in love. Her heart didn't pitter-patter when she was betrothed to a duke, nor did it break when he married someone else. All Philippa desires is to decode a centuries-old manuscript to keep a modern-day villain from claiming credit for work that wasn't his. She hates that she needs a man's help to do it -- so she's delighted to discover the clever, charming baron at her side is in fact a woman. But as she and Tommy grow closer and the stakes of their discovery higher, more than just their hearts are at risk.
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5 primary books8 released books#2 in The Wild Wynchesters
The Wild Wynchesters is a 8-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Erica Ridley. 1 book is still to be released. The next book is scheduled for release on .
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(3.5, rounding up.) Brief note on the cover: this doesn't look like Tommy and Philippa as described in the book - Tommy is NB (with she/her pronouns), wears more pants than dresses, and has short hair, and Philippa is described as curvy and heavier, and shorter than Tommy. Normally I'd be annoyed at this, but I'm going to cut some slack for this being a pandemic release, plus this is actually an adorable cover with a sweet backstory: https://twitter.com/LaurenAbramo/status/1452983027664052240 Anyway. Never really got the McGuffin here but you don't really need to in order to follow the plot, which is full of heists and disguises and dramatic reveals and is a lot of fun overall. Somehow I missed that this is the second in a series, so I'm going to go back and read [b:The Duke Heist 53916141 The Duke Heist (The Wild Wynchesters, #1) Erica Ridley https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591923531l/53916141.SY75.jpg 75327400] now that I know, because I do enjoy the Wynchesters as characters and the family banter. I wish there'd been a little more exploration of Tommy's NB identity, but what there was seemed well done to me. I wasn't really sure about the tone of some of the stuff with Philippa's parents - it seemed like it was supposed to be funny in a lot of places, but locking your daughter in her room until she agrees to marry someone you choose for her isn't great, actually?. A few minor nits, but I enjoyed this one a lot overall!
Exactly what I was looking for! Adventure with barely any angst or childhood trauma. Just pure fun and silliness! I feel refreshed ✨✨
3.75/5
I liked it, though I was completely taken aback by the ending and how easy it was for Phillipa to get what she wanted, given her mother's past actions.
I loved Phiillpa and Tommy and I liked learning more about them. Phillipa joining Wynchesters on their adventure was awesome and I'm glad she got to have a little fun.
Tommy as the Baron was amazing, I loved her. And I LOVE a fake dating/fake courting trope, it was very well done here, though I wish that the disguise wasn't necessary for them to be dating.
