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Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

di Emma R. Alban

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Serie: Mischief & Matchmaking (1)

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML:

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!

Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.

It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth's skin crawl and she'd rather be anywhere but here.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she's gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.

"Let's get them together," she says.

It doesn't take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen's father and Beth's newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.

"It'll be easy" she says.

There's just...one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.

But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twenty-year-old heartbreak. How hard can parent-trapping widowed ex-lovers be?

Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.

Beth's not mature enough for this...

Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she's caught feelings, hard, and they're definitely not for her potential fiancé.

That's the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.

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Could not put this one down! I CANNOT WAIT for the sequel! ( )
  ehoustonmyatt | May 19, 2024 |
It was all fun and sapphic longing and beauty and sadness but I can't help but thinking how convienent that their parents had the connection they did. What are the chances? So in the back of my mind I keep thinking how unrealistic the situation is and then I think about all of the women in the 19th century who went through this and lived through the worst possible circumstances. Then I got sad.

Which is not the book's fault I'm just an overthinking lesbian. ( )
  sublunarie | Mar 24, 2024 |
It's the mid 1850s London and Beth and Gwen are each attending coming out balls in order to find a suitable match. It's Gwen's fourth and Beth's first. Beth is in dire need of finding a rich husband as she and her mother will be kicked out of their house at the end of the 'season'

The girls meet at the first ball and become fast friends. They soon realize that Beth's widowed mother and Gwen's widowed father were once a 'thing' and it seems that the spark, though tamped down, is still there. Their marriage would also eliminate the need for Beth to find a husband.

As the two girls scheme to get their parents together, they find that their friendship is blooming into something more...a relationship that is not tolerated in Victorian times. Could their parents' marriage be the answer to their prayers as well?

A fun read. ( )
  EdGoldberg | Jan 17, 2024 |
I enjoyed the fact that Gwen and her father were so similar, with them both being troublemakers with a heart of gold. I will say the first half of this book really did feel like a straight romance with only a side of F/F. But it did pull back around in the latter half of the book. I also appreciate the fact that the big challenge wasn't the taboo of women loving women or the society's expectations/pressures, that felt like something a little different in this niche? It was cool that their friends were involved in the plotting and hijinks. Definitely curious to see where the next book goes from here. ( )
  MiserableFlower | Jan 13, 2024 |
A lighthearted historical Sapphic friends to lovers story with a parent trap subplot.

Beth and Gwen became fast friends at Beth's first ball of the season. When the two women (ages twenty and twenty-one) find out Beth's mother and Gwen's father were in love with each other in their own youth, the two can't resist matchmaking their widowed parents. As they scheme, Beth and Gwen start falling for each other, but Beth needs to marry to ensure security for herself and her mother. What are two debutantes to do?

I love a story with supportive friends and family, and this one does not disappoint. I did find it a bit weird that Beth and Gwen were scheming to become stepsisters in no small part so they could stay together, but it fits the historical setting, and the author did a good job of not making it seem too strange. I also liked the political background of the act passing that would allow women to divorce.

Beth and Gwen are interesting, dynamic characters who care deeply about their parents and other family. Gwen is just a little bit spoiled and petulant, and Beth has the righteous attitude of being young. I'd definitely recommend this for people who love historical Sapphic romance with a splash of spice. ( )
  jazzyjbox | Jan 7, 2024 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Emma R. Albanautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
HarperAudioPublisherautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Sims, MoragNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Wells, Mary JaneNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML:

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!

Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.

It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth's skin crawl and she'd rather be anywhere but here.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she's gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.

"Let's get them together," she says.

It doesn't take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen's father and Beth's newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.

"It'll be easy" she says.

There's just...one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.

But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twenty-year-old heartbreak. How hard can parent-trapping widowed ex-lovers be?

Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.

Beth's not mature enough for this...

Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she's caught feelings, hard, and they're definitely not for her potential fiancé.

That's the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.

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