OMG BEST ROMANCE OF 2024 I'M CALLING IT ALREADY. I swooned, I cried, I laughed, I was like "why won't you two dummies just tell each other you love each other?!" This book is the epitome of why I love historical romance. The modern commentary is on point without being didactic. The plot is page turning. The romance sexy.

Elizabeth Everett does NOT disappoint, I’m obsessed with this new series! A Victorian era whodunit is the novel I never knew I needed. Not to mention the grumpy single dad and apothecary owner who’s convinced she found the formula for love? SWOON. I loved Lucy and Jonathan so much.

I am usually not a fan of historical romances but I really felt drawn to read this. I’m so glad I did. This is grumpy/sunshine (my favorite trope EVER) and the FMC is head strong and fucking wonderful.

The Love Remedy is a fantastic start to a new historical romance series. Elizabeth Everett creates a wonderful world where women in STEM try to right the world’s wrongs while dealing with all the obstacles placed in their path. None of them truly expect to find love along the way, but somehow they always do.

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Lucy Peterson is a 19th century apothecary in London’s East End. Her former beau stole her formula for throat lozenges, and is making a fortune off them while she continues to struggle. When her new croup treatment formula goes missing, she calls in PI Jonathan Thorne to help her reclaim it. The grumpy former boxer and single dad doesn’t put too much stock in the forthright Lucy’s accusations, but once he gets to know her, he realizes that something is amiss. As the two become closer, can Throne find the culprit and ignore their sizzling chemistry too?

I’m definitely not a 19th century scientist, but Lucy and her experiences are completely relatable. And, Thorne is a three dimensional man of his age. He doesn’t instantly understand why there is an issue with treating women—and different socioeconomic classes of women—differently when it comes to sexual activity. Watching him come to terms with his own hypocrisy is satisfying. It also feels more realistic than other historical romance heroes who seem to magically understand the complicated roles of the women around them.

The Love Remedy is a great example of how to start a brand new series while incorporating the world building from earlier books. It is fun to catch glimpses of favorite characters, but new readers won’t have any trouble keeping up.

The Love Remedy is a fantastic historical romance featuring 19th century women in STEM. If you are a fan of steamy, grumpy sunshine romances that features strong, smart women, Elizabeth Everett’s stories hit the mark each and every time.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I struggled with this book a bit. Thorne was so rigid and a bit sanctimonious throughout the vast majority of the book. It made him frustrating to read. And the talk of god and the bible was annoying as well.

I liked Lucy, and I loved that she was an apothecary, and her sister was a doctor. And I loved that they cared so much about women and their community and the people around them! That was lovely. Sadie was also completely precious and wonderful.

All in all, I wasn't thrilled with the book, but I loved the female characters.

This book is fun, sexy and sensual. These two had such wonderful chemistry that sparks when they are together and that tension only grows and grows until they are able to fully meet each other on the equal ground. Hopeless romantics like me would definitely not be disappointed!

This book was absolutely amazing, and I found myself losing myself in this author’s writing. The story was beautiful and it was captivating.

I will always, ALWAYS pick up an Elizabeth Everett novel, and it was such a treat to get an early read of this one. I love Everett's ability to blend a period setting with a modern critique, and the passion behind the critique in this one felt particularly palpable, as the two leads debate the morality of double standards placed on the behaviour of men and women when it comes to education, sexuality, and, perhaps most notably, one's agency to control one's own body, an especially gripping conversation in light of current US politics. Everett doesn't get pedantic though, providing plenty of humour, two families with warm, loving relationships, a sweet love story between two people who are determined not to make the same relationship mistakes twice, and some wonderfully sexy steamy scenes. As always, Everett's prose is sharp and insightful. The historic details feel tangible and create a strong sense of place, time, and atmosphere. The characters are fully fleshed out. The sex is both physically and emotionally rewarding for all participants. And for those who love Austen's P&P for its depiction of a hero who gets a few things horribly wrong but (gasp) admits his mistakes with humility and care, you'll love Everett's Gentleman Fighter, with his big hands and even bigger heart.

Funny, sexy and deeply romantic, The Love Remedy is the perfect cure for any reader in need of a literary pick-me-up. Everett’s writing sparkles and the chemistry flies off the page in this gorgeous historical romance, whose central message is as relevant today as ever. I adored this fabulous book and can’t wait for the rest of the series!

The slowburn romance, here, was just chefs kiss good. It was full of palpable chemistry which builds in intensity throughout the book and keeping on my toes throughout my entire read. I am obsessed with this book.

I stopped after chapter 1 (6%). I didn’t personally find the writing style gripping or comfortable, but I imagine this will be an easy three stars, four for the right readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

Have you ever gone through a reading slump and a life slump? Usually it's tied together, where you can't focus on anything, and all of your relied-upon favorites don't bring you the same joy anymore, so you're unmoored and irritable and sad because there's no texture or magic in your life anymore? I have been going through this for the past couple of weeks, and—I say this with as little irony as I possibly can—THE LOVE REMEDY was the cure. Elizabeth Everett is always an immediate read for me, so when I received the NetGalley widget, I downloaded it immediately and only a little bit fearfully, because I was in such a slump. But I trust her writing, just like I trust Lisa Kleypas and Eloisa James to let me disappear into a beautiful story for a few hours (sidenote, I can officially say that this is better than any Kleypas or James novel I've read, it's now top of the list), so I started THE LOVE REMEDY this morning. Suddenly it was the afternoon, the book was finished, and I felt lighter and happier and full of magic again. Reading THE LOVE REMEDY, I could feel the dark, dreary corners of my mind filling with light.

This book is so exquisitely funny and moving and sexy as hell. If you are searching for magic in a novel, this is it. This is one of the best books I've read this year, and I'm already looking forward to rereading it.