When I decided to pick this book up, I was having a really bad day.
First, I don’t really know much about the romance or romantic fantasy genres, so you might want to find a reviewer who better understands the tropes and conventions of the genre if you are highly experienced in romance (although if, like me, you have been looking at this book because it is a finalist in the SPFBO 8 competition but also dislike romance, hopefully this review will be helpful!). Therefore, I hope that two things come across in this review. While I do enjoy a good episode of Bridgerton, I usually don’t read romance books. I want to follow that up by saying that I am definitely not the target audience for this book. It’s fun, it’s frothy, and it moves at a really nice clip as things comically spiral out of control for our main character Elinor. So, first let me start by saying that I really enjoyed this book and had a really great time with it. I kind of feel like I have to review this book twice to really express my experiences with it and to make sure that this book gets into the hands of the right readers. Maybe, just maybe, she’ll even be impractical enough to win her own true love and a happily ever after…with the unpredictable and dangerous “help” of the magical creature who has adopted her.Ī frothy Regency rom-com full of pet dragons and magical misadventures, Scales and Sensibility is a full-length novel and the first in a new series of standalone romantic comedies. Now Elinor will have to find out just how rash and resourceful she can be when she sets aside all common sense. However, even the most brilliant scholars of 1817 England still haven’t ferreted out all the lurking secrets of rediscovered dragonkind…and even the most sensible of heroines can still make a reckless wish or two when she’s pushed.
And she never dreamed that she would have to enter into an outrageous magical charade to save her younger sisters’ futures. She never expected to fall in love with the shameless – but surprisingly sweet – fortune hunter who came to court Penelope.
She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful cousin Penelope’s pet dragon. Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into Hathergill Hall. This Book is Not For You if You are Looking For:
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