No Life for a Lady: The absolutely joyful and uplifting historical romcom everyone is talking about

Product Information

Bedside reading projects are fated to be long-term because I am lucky to read two paragraphs before my eyes close. Dolby has an easy, engaging writing style that bounces along at a jaunty, exhilarating pace, embracing a wonderful concoction of intrigue, humour and delicious sexual tension. As she tries to decide if her mother’s horrific story is accurate, Violet has many amusing adventures. It tackles unpleasant and delicate subject matter, such as sexism, agency, and loss, with shrewd and quippy acknowledgment. But then she’s never met a man like Benjamin Blackthorn – an easy-on-the-ears name that demands you never shorten it – who values her opinions, appreciates her unconventional ways and delights in her strong-willed personality.

Violet really misses her mother: “Without her protection, her wisdom, men and courtship were like navigating stormy seas in a boat full of holes. Notice to Internet Explorer users Server security: Please note Internet Explorer users with versions 9 and 10 now need to enable TLS 1.I received a copy of No Life for a Lady by Hannah Dolby from NetGalley and Aria and Aries in exchange for an honest review. It’s all told with an inviting and warm humour that revels in Victorian language and sensibilities, particularly with Violet’s enforced naivety around sex: when her mother first told her about the male ‘Matterhorn mushroom’, for example, Violet ‘made a vow never to marry, so I would never, ever have to put myself through it. Sophie Irwin ‘Charming, exhilarating, fabulously funny and so full of heart – Violet is the heroine I’ve been waiting for. For a young lady of her time, Violet has to step outside the norm of proper behaviour but finds allies in surprising places. Other group were great at telling each other their thoughts and opinions and it was interesting to read everyone’s views throughout.

If you want to know what life was like living in New Mexico Territory in the late 1800's while raising a cattle ranch.While the 'Wild, Wild West' as we often imagine it is more an artifact of Hollywood than history, 'wild' itself isn't a misnomer. I was cheering Violet on and like how confident she came after getting to grips of becoming a ‘Lady detective’. She became a seasoned cowboy and lived a life on the ranch with the other cowboys on her mother's ranch. Although it makes for some slapstick humour, I wouldn’t have minded if the author had made Violet slightly less ditzy.