This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is the Love Freebie and after much consideration, I thought I would go through my five paw reviews and share some of My Favorite Novels Featuring Love Stories that Stole my Heart, whether the main story line or just one on the side, but still prominent, some tragic and others with happy endings.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Elizabeth and Darcy
Dev and Charlie
Trisha and DJ
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (#1) by Heather Fawcett
Emily and Wendell
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Lily and Kathleen
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Mika and Jamie
Witchful Thinking (Elemental #1) by Celestine Martin
Lucy and Alex
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Patroclus and Achilles
A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan
Maggie and Nick, Katie and Jordan, Rose and Dan
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Sue and Maud
Do you have a favorite novel featuring a love story? Have you read any of my favorites?
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I am listening to Pride and Prejudice at the moment, and enjoying it! It's had some really funny parts which kind of surprised me!
ReplyDeleteMarg - I am so glad to hear you are enjoying it! The first time I read Pride and Prejudice I didn't care for it--that was in high school. I re-read it years later and now it's one of my favorite novels. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteThese look good. I love Pride and Prejudice. I also enjoyed Fingersmith more than I thought I would! It had sat on my shelf for years and I decided to read it last year or maybe before that 🤣
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Emily - I read Fingersmith as part of a read-along and loved it. I am glad to hear you liked it too--and also Pride and Prejudice! Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI adored The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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Pam - Me too! It was such a great book. Such great world building. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteGreat list! I adore the Emily Wilde series! Pride and Prejudice is always going to be a favorite too!
ReplyDeleteLeslie - Thank you! I love the Emily Wilde series too. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteOOh nice topic and picks! I STILL need to start the Emily Wilde books! Hoping I can at least read the first one this year at some point! Lol.
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Jessica - I hope you are able to fit in the first Emily Wilde book. It's worth it. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteI have read The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and A Wedding in December and enjoyed them both. I need to read Pride and Prejudice. I have probably seen half a dozen movies of it or based on it, but never read it. Nice list, Wendy.
ReplyDeleteCarla - I am glad you enjoyed Morgan and Mandanna's books! If you do read Pride and Prejudice, I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI love Pride and Prejudice. It's one of those books that I love more the more times I read it! I remember that I thought Fingersmith was amazing when I read it long ago.
ReplyDeleteDeb - Both were such good reads! I am glad you enjoyed them too. :-) Thank you for visiting!
DeleteNice list. I've never read Pride and Prejudice, but I really should. Some of the others are in my TBR. Thanks for sharing.
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Cheryl - If you do read Pride and Prejudice, I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI agree, the Emily Wilde series has such a good love story between Emily and Wendell:-) And Pride and Prejudice is such a romantic classic.
ReplyDeleteTammy - I love Emily and Wendell. Such an unlikely couple on the surface but well suited for each other. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteWhat a fun TTT list! I also love Pride and Prejudice, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies. :D
ReplyDeleteLark - They are all wonderful reads! Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI also love Pride and Prejudice and The Song of Achilles!
ReplyDeleteStephanie - I am glad you enjoyed them too! The Song of Achilles was so good. Thank you for visiting!
Deletecan't go wrong with Pride & Prejudice! My TTT
ReplyDeleteCarrie - It's a true classic. :-) Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI've read the Sonali Dev series and Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde. I really liked the first trilogy of Hidden Legacy (Nevada and Rogan) by Ilona Andrews, as well as Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress (Cat and Bones)
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Anne - I need to read more of the Sonali Dev series. I enjoyed the one I did read so much. And the Emily Wilde series is a favorite. I have only had a chance to read the first trilogy in the Hidden Legacy series--and agree, it's a good one! Thank you for visiting!
DeleteThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches was so good!
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Aymee - It is one of my favorites. :-) Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteWitchful Thinking looks really cute.
ReplyDeleteHere is my post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-platonic-relationships/
Lydia - Witchful thinking is cute. I have enjoyed the entire series so far. I want to move to Freya Grove, where the novels are set. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteI'm a big fan of Pride and Prejudice too. And also other Jane Austen books. Nice list!
ReplyDeleteKay - Thank you!
DeleteI love the variety of books you chose this week! The only one I've read is The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, but I adored that book! I keep meaning to read Fingersmith - I haven't finished any Sarah Waters books yet and really should! Great post!
ReplyDeleteM - Thank you! Mandanna's book was so good. If you do read Fingersmith, I hope you like it. I keep meaning to read more by Sarah Waters but I haven't managed to yet. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI also loved Pride and Prejudice, The Charm Offensive, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and The Song of Achilles!
ReplyDeleteLindsey - They were all such great reads! Thank you for visiting!
DeleteAwww Pride and prejudice, all the feels
ReplyDeleteBlodeuedd - Yes! It's one of the best. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is on my birthday wish list..if I don't get it I am going to buy it myself haha and oh my gosh The Song of Achilles gutted me
ReplyDeleteTeri - I hope you get it for your birthday and enjoy it when you read it. Yes, The Song of Achilles ripped my heart out too. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteThe Song of Achilles was such a good book. I want to reread it but don't know if I'd survive going through that again.
ReplyDeleteLindsi - I would like to re-read The Song of Achilles again too someday. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI have not tried Pride and Prejudice, but I struggle with her works. I think I am not an Austen fan. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteCindy - Austen's work isn't for everyone. I hope you had a good week too! Thank you for visiting!
DeleteI've never read Pride and Prejudice *GASP* but I absolutely adored Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors and the entire Rajes series.
ReplyDeleteJen - Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors was very good. I haven't read the rest of the series yet--but I do hope to. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteJust about any Amish romance is going to capture my heart. I’m not familiar with these books but their witch books look good.
ReplyDeleteCarla - Both of the witch books are really good and charming reads. I do recommend them! Thank you for visiting!
DeleteEmily Wilde would have been on my list too if I'd made one. Who can resist Wendell? 😂 and I adore the dynamic between them both. The Song Of Achilles is a must read for me this year and I saw the witches book on another list during the week too, definitely going to ha e to check that out sometime. Hopefully this will also be the year that I finally read Pride & Prejudice.
ReplyDeleteLovely list. It looks like you've found some fantastic love stories within some fairly varied books.
Charlotte - I really enjoy the dynamic between Emily and Wendell too. I do hope you enjoy The Song of Achilles when you read it! Thank you for stopping by!
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