Infamous: 'Bridgerton's wild little sister. So much fun!' Sarra Manning

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That is, as long as she doesn't get involved with the Edwards family's dramas. Emily refuses to care about her charges - Grace, who talks too much and loves too hard, and Aster, who is frankly terrifying but might just be the wittiest sixteen-year-old Emily has ever met - or the servants, who insist on acting as if they're each other's family. And she certainly hasn't noticed her employer, the brooding, taciturn Captain Edwards, no matter how good he might look without a shirt on . . . Gwen and Gabriel, however, I did find quite unlikeable at times, though I suppose that's partly the point. The internalised homophobia in this novel is high, and this is something that I don't think I expected quite to this degree. Without going into detail, I found the ending to be a little too neat, especially considering my previous point. It felt slightly rushed as well, in comparison to the battle and main conflict, which I found slightly confusing to follow at time, as I don't think enough time was spent laying the groundwork for it.

It’s a little under a year since I read @Lex’s first book and, honestly? They just keep getting better. Compulsively readable, hysterically funny, and touchingly relatable casting genuinely human characters who are clearly more than a little Neurodiverse chafing against the stifling manners of regency England.You can stop ringing the bell now, Trix,” Eddie said, ruffling her youngest sister’s alarming hair as she walked past her in the direction of the dining room. Zaffre Books, the flagship fiction imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired two new books by Lex Croucher.

It was the very first sign that Rose did not in fact coinhabit Eddie’s brain, and it was extremely jarring.

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The large dining room already seemed rather full. Mr. and Mrs. Miller sat at either end of the table, and between them in varying states of patience sat their three middle children. Simon, who was twelve and perpetually disappointed, was staring morosely down at the table as if he suspected supper might never come. Amelia, who had just recently celebrated her fourteenth birthday by campaigning for her own horse and crying for an impressive six days when she only received one made of wood, was humming under her breath. Lucy-Anne, who fancied herself the eldest and most mature of them all, even though she decidedly was not on either count, was glaring openly at Eddie from across the room. All right. It was a cold, misty morning in March when Anne Bonny opened the door to the Jelly Roger Tea House—for all intents and purposes a morning like any other, although the events that were about to transpire were to change the course of her life forever…” and when it comes to love . . . you know. the heart wants what it wants. and the heart is also terminally stupid. a dangerous combination.” This book focused on Emily, whose sister, Amy, was supposed to be staring a new employment as a governess for Captain Edward’s children. But Amy is ill and the family needs money, so Emily goes instead but under the disguise of her sister. Emily has a firey temper, has next to no knowledge about teaching and has no plans to get to know the family and all the plans to make some money to help look after her sister.

Lex Croucher is becoming a firm favourite author. Having read previous novels, as soon as this was released,it was added to the list of titles I wanted to read. Well, that’s more like it. I think it’s working this time,” Eddie said. “You should try with your tongue. Just to see if you’re any good at it.” Croucher infuses this energetic Regency era friends-to-lovers sapphic romance with zany wit, joie de vivre, and a distinctive literary bent." –– Publishers Weekly Croucher says they “always” wanted to be a writer, making handwritten books as a child and later studying English literature at university. Later on, they did social media for non-governmental organisations and charities, but they are perhaps best known among younger people for being a YouTuber. Croucher’s account, which has 120,000 followers, has videos on everything from gender to writing novels and turning 30, but Croucher’s hobby of making regular videos has largely petered out.But Amy is unwell and needs a doctor, their father is gone and their mother is useless, so here Emily is, pretending to be something she's not. He adds that “acceptance is so much higher now than it was when I was growing up in the 1980s, way higher than I ever expected it would be.”

I’d only read the first couple of (impactful) sentences but I already knew I was going to enjoy Trouble - and I did, greatly, but perhaps not for the reasons I first thought.Emily's charges - sisters - rebellious Aster and kind-hearted, pleaser Grace keep Emily on her toes - particularly Aster and never mind their father - Captain Edwards - who Emily initially mistakes for a stable hand. Croucher said: ‘‘I am so happy to be working with the team at Bonnier Books UK again to unleash more Regency reprobates into the world. Infamous is an 1800s misadventure replete with roguish Romantic poets, rebellious artists and young queer women figuring out who they are, and I can’t wait for readers to meet them.’