"Fate had a delirious sense of irony if it had given her gifts to matchmake and yet her own outlook on love was so poor."

GENRE: Historical Romance RATING: 4.75/5 FORMAT: eBook Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Forced Proximity, Matchmaking

Overall Impression: Loved book one in Taming of the Dukes and this one did not disappoint!

Review: Historical Romance are my new obsession since I started it in the end of 2025 and Amalie Howard's series has been SO fun to read. I loved the whole inter-connected series and this book was so fun to read, especially getting to know Lady Vesper! I do always love when one of the MC has sworn off love and then it happens🤭

I loved getting to know both our MMCs, their banter and how we get to see them rekindle their relationship! I also love that we get to see all the other characters that we met in the first book and that they have formed a strong found family together, who are supportive and love each other unconditionally

Here's to more strong FMCs in Historical Romance who take over the world and support their friends doing so🥹🤎 AND more STEM MCs in Historical Romance too🙂‍↕️

"All that purple? The Heater? It only blooms twice a year. You just happen to be here at the right time, but in a few months all this purple will turn brown. This place ... it wont look like this forever. But maybe that's what makes this special, what gives it meaning. If we all went on forever, if this went on forever, would we even be able to understand how beautiful this is?"

GENRE: Romance RATING: 5/5 FORMAT: eBook ARC Tropes: Scottish Highland Roadtrip, Poet/Bagpiper MMC, Family Rekindling, Forced Proximity

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Review: This is my first book by Naina Kumar and I fell in love with her writing and the whole book! I really loved following along with Neelu and Jacob in this book, going on a road trip with them in the highlands and spending time in Aberdeen too. OH AND AN MMC who is a bagpiper AND a poet who wears glasses? What else could we want🤭

We get to see them come together, through Neelu's POV in this book. We also get to learn about Neelu and her dad's relationship plus we get to understand more about Jacob and his grief. I did love how Grief was addressed here as a theme and how we got to dive into it. I also really love how we get to see both characters address their vulnerabilities in a single POV book and how they help each other through their strengths.

Just a Highland Fling focuses on finding love between two people while also just finding your home in your person. It's about rekindling your relationship with your loved ones and finding your chosen family. It truly was a wholesome book and the only thing I could ask for (other than for more about Neelu & Jacob) is that I wish we could have learned more about Neelu and her father. We definitely get to see and understand some of what happened but it was something that I wanted to dive deeper into.

Seriously though, this book was SO fun to read and so wholesome! I can't wait to read more by Naina Kumar and go back to read her two other books.

I was provided a free advance reader copy and I’m sharing my honest thoughts.

"A dove is a symbol of peace... that's what you are to me...peace."

GENRE: Romance RATING: 5/5 FORMAT: eBook Tropes: grumpy x sunshine, found family, roommates, slow burn, forced proximity

Review: This was such a wholesome and sweet book! I havent read any of Hannah Bonam-Young's books yet and I decided to start here and I have to say that the dynamic between Chloe and Warren made this a BEAUTIFUL read🥹

I loved getting to meet both siblings and read how they navigate this situation and I just love how they both learn to be vulnerable with each other while relating on the things that are similar between them AND understanding their differences

Also, as another people pleaser, I could relate very heavily to Chloe and at the same time, I could relate to how Warren is always waiting for the other shoes to drop and having to be prepared when it does.

Also (x2) I loved that we get to see a Deaf character and that they use ASL!