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Love this series …well written, funny, love all the characters and their stories. I’m sad this is the last one.
A wonderfully funny romantic novel!!! I became enamored with West and Sophie instantly. Their witty banter made me smile. Of course it can’t be a romance novel without the required obstacles to their happily ever after.
If you are a fan of Bridgerton then this is definitely a book for you. I will have to go back and read all of the books in this series now!
This series is always cute. I enjoyed this one. Love a second chance romance. I felt the chemistry was on point, not a ton of steam. I loved that we had a disabled hero and a celibate one. It had really great banter and I laughed out loud a few times too. Overall cute story with interesting characters.
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This book was so fun and I loved it. I enjoyed the fake fiancé trope as well as the chemistry and second chance love between the two main characters. This series in general is a lot of fun and I think this is probably the most anticipated couple of all, so I was very invested in the story. This author does a great job of writing characters, giving them slightly ridiculous situations to deal with, and then somehow ties everything up so well at the end. Definitely a fan of this read
Thank you, Netgalley, the author, and Atria for the gifted e-book! ❤️ #gifted. My review is comprised of my honest thoughts.
Read this book if you like: Dual POV, second chances, widow, fake engagement, forced proximity, steamy
This is the final book of the series. It was a great ending. There are still two I haven't read but definitely will soon. This one was charming, funny, and steamy. I highly recommend it!
Why am I feeling a little teary eyed at the prospect that this series is over? Yeah, they’re books, but now that I think back on it, these characters have been with me for ate least two years. While the Regency Vows series weren’t the first historical romances I’d read, they were among my introduction to historical and have helped me learn to love this genre. This series IS the first historical series I read as it was published, so I’ve gotten to experience the anticipation and the trials of being patient, and it was worth it.
Ugh, Sophie and West’s story has been a long time coming, both for readers and for them. After the quick onset of their infatuation seven years ago, Sophie and West get a second chance at love, or at least faking it.
I think it’s kinda fun when we have characters that are so clearly in love that everyone can see it but they just can’t seem to get out of their own way. This book had a healthy dose of friends meddling to help their friends along, and to me that is community.
I have become a true fan of second chance, and this book was no different. While it did have a lot of flashbacks (which I don’t generally enjoy and also didn’t really care for here), I still felt like the story didn’t completely rely on them to convince us that the two cared for each other. Instead, I feel like their relationship was really built through the previous books. I’m not sure if this is pushed as a stand alone, but these two have too much history for me to think it would work well on its own.
I think, had I just read this book quickly along with the others, it may be 4 stars, but the bittersweet ending of a series I’ve truly enjoyed puts it up to a 5.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book.
A very fun, funny, and steamy historical romantic comedy. This book will be a favorite of everyone who reads it. So much fun!
I'm genuinely crushed that this is indeed the last book in this series I have enjoyed so much for years. Every character I wanted a story from I got, and this was certainly one of my favourites.
West and Sophie have constantly been on the peripheral of the other books with the most intriguing history between them and I am so very glad that we got to meet them properly at last. Fake dating/engagement with a second chance romance with a surprising number of twists that I adored. While this is 4.5 stars because I didn't quite get Sophie's rationale, I am over the moon with her being a heroine who does not want children. Like, finally, representation lol
I hope Waters continues writing historical romances because I will be first in line for whatever she creates next.
Well, here is where I get mad at Martha Waters- why is this the final book in this series?! I read the first Regency Vows novel in February 2020 when I had a horrendous cold (that took me out for a month but somehow wasn’t covid…) and I’ve been hooked ever since. These banter-filled Regency romances are chef’s kiss, and each couple keeps me entertained from start to finish. (Also, the audiobooks get A+ from me, as well.) I have to say, I also love that she is able to work in the previous couples without it feeling like we are stuck in the past. (A history joke for you…)
This sweet and funny story was a wonderful wrap-up to a brilliant series. Waters knows the romance genre inside and out and she knows how to hit its notes perfectly. I don’t read a ton of romance (mostly Martha’s books and others she has recommended to me), but I think that To Woo and To Wed is a great representative for the genre. With Bridgerton bringing romance into the spotlight, and Regency romance in general, there are a lot more people picking these books up. And I think that Martha’s books are perfect for the new romance reader or the experienced!
This was a lovely ending to a wonderful series. Every book from The Regency Vows was a 4-5⭐️ read for me. I don’t think I was the only fan of the series eagerly awaiting West and Sophie’s story.
Second chance isn’t always my favorite trope - the fact that the relationship failed once before always seems to leave the story a little more wistful rather than the hopeful tone of new love. I won’t say that wasn’t there in To Woo but they make for such a charming couple, it seemed to suit them, and the struggle made their made happy ending all the more triumphant.
If I have one complaint, it’s that the shenanigans and humor of this story took more of a backseat than in previous books. The humor and absurdity is what has made the use of the lack of communication between love interests fun and amusing. Without it, the miscommunication trope is just irritating, and I found myself rolling my eyes at Sophie more than once. I still very much enjoyed the book, however, and would recommend the entire series. I hope to read more by Waters in the future.
I've greatly enjoyed The Regency Vows series and have been waiting for West and Sophie's story. The final installment did not disappoint! I could not put this one down, Sophie and West have such compelling chemistry. Their friend group is so much fun and I loved the manipulations that prodded Sophie toward West.
To Woo and To Wed is a humorous and electric story full of sparks and energy!
I love fake dating to romance stories, I am sucker for them and found Waters books fun and laugh out load. I have not read them series in order but that does not seem to matter. Each story of these sister is just as good in whichever order you read them in. I love these sisters and the bond they share doing whatever they can to help each other, even if it risks their own happiness.
West and Sophie have this special bond that holds their hearts together. But years later after a terrible accident that leaves West with broken bones and a broken heart. Sophie now years later is a widow and has no desire to marry again. But for her sister's happiness she will fake an engagement, and the person that will help her is West, he owes her anyway. Can they move from the past and pull this off and also keep their surfacing feelings in check??
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for copy of this book for my honest review.
I ended up listening to this one after it had been sitting on my NetGalley shelf for a while. The male narrator wasn’t my favorite, but I still really enjoyed the story. I always like the fake-dating trope. I also thought that the characters past together added great depth and banter between the characters. This book can be read as a stand-alone, but you will enjoy the appearances of several familiar faces if you have read the others in this series.
I was looking forward to this one because I’ve enjoyed others in this series in the past. Unfortunately, I struggled to connect with this one and lost interest part of the way into the book.
This was such a delight to read. While I'm sad this series is over, it was a great ending! West and Sophie were a long time coming and they were everythingggg!
Martha Waters very quickly became one of my favourite voices in the historical romance genre! I am so sad, that this is the final installment in this series as I've enjoyed everyone. This time we finally get to figure out just what happened between West and Sophie!! And was it ever worth the wait, I love a good fake marriage trope but with the supporting cast of this book all being nosey troublemakers this was even better. So glad West and Sophie got their happy ending and I can't wait to read more from Martha Waters in the future.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.
Love this series and author! Historical romance is my jam. This series was wrapped up so nicely.
Made my heart happy! Can't wait to see what she does next!
This was a sweet way to end a historical romance series that I have loved. I've been waiting for Sophie and West's story since the beginning. I enjoyed how their story focused on the love they've had all along, but seem to keep getting ripped apart by different people and circumstances. The steamy scenes were well done, as the pair has such great chemistry. It was a fun twist on a second chance romance adding in a fake engagement, however I'm still undecided on how I feel about the amount of flashbacks, especially as I listened to it on audio.
These are such a fun historical romance books and while I’m sorry to see it end, this was a very good conclusion to the series.
West and Sophie were in love years before, but circumstances caused Sophie to marry someone else. Now, she’s a widow and has concocted a hare-brained scheme to pretend to be engaged so that her sister will feel free to marry her own love. West, whose father has been pressuring him to marry, agrees. Of course, they both realize the feelings they have for each other never went away, but can Sophie be convinced to overcome her fears, especially because West’s overbearing father is blackmailing them not to go through with their nuptials?
This book is perfect for fans of historical romances with second chances, betrothals of convenience, and a found family friendship dynamic.
This was a great final book in the Recency Vows series, filled with great characters and a good plot!
I received an e-ARC from the publisher.