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Loved this! I'm not sure why it's so poorly rated compared to the rest of the books in this series. Maybe readers were expecting more fan-service in the last novella of the series? Or were hoping for something longer? Well, it very clearly says "novella" on the cover, peeps. And I hate maudlin series-enders that skip plot in favor of endless cameos from previous characters. Other reviewers complained of preachiness--again, I'm confused as to why, because at no time do any of the characters preach. Not one single solitary tirade. Sure, there are overt themes involving racism... but what did you expect when picking up a Courtney Milan historical romance starring an interracial couple???

Okay, okay, now I'm the one preaching. Instead of telling you why you shouldn't dislike the book, I'll tell you why you should love it: witty banter, a unique story set in an era that has been trodden to death by other authors, a strong central romantic conflict that doesn't rely on clichés to sustain tension until the end. A hero who is smart, perceptive, and aware of the crushing unfairness of the world but unwilling to accede to society's pressures. A heroine who will be sympathetic to any woman who has ever been told to be quiet and quit boring those around her with her love of [insert thing here] because no one cares/it's not ladylike/men don't like smart women.

So okay, you have to really squint at the cover to see that the model might be black... but come on, "Don't judge a book by its cover" seems especially apt here.


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Talk Sweetly to Me The Brothers Sinister edition by Courtney Milan Romance eBooks Reviews

Stephen from The Suffragette Scandal (The Brothers Sinister Book 4) becomes the hero in this tale of interracial love in the 1800s. Unfortunately, you'd never know that except for the fact they say that she is a woman of color.

This was the 1800s and the issues that society of all levels had with interracial relationships were mind boggling. In a series where the author started the series trying to inform the reader about labor relations, voting rights, women in science and the suffragette movement, she brings us a story with nothing to learn about except astronomy.

Rose is not only a math genius but a woman of color as well. Yet while I did get a peek at 1800's astronomy, I learned nothing of what British people of color went through.

Stephen falls for the girl and yet never thinks of what his brother is going to say, or whether he will be allowed to keep his job. Maybe my being American shadows what I think would have happened, but my having lived in India for 25+ years and reading what happened when white men took Indian brides, I think I have an idea of the types of things that should have been included in this story. Instead we only get one character that shows some bigotry.

This is the 7th in the "Brothers Sinister" series. Normally I would say read it. But this story is so lacking in depth that I can't. The author started a series trying to show how things were in different levels of society, unfortunately, she seems to have lost the ability to give a complex story, this was just a simple romance, I was expecting more.

I don't recommend this story.
I'm not math and science oriented, although I can balance my budget and do chemistry in the kitchen, so some of the exposition here involving astronomy and trigonometry became a bit too much. Granted, much of it was necessary to the theme of the story and to establish Rose's credentials and Steven's attraction to her brilliant mind.

What's so appealing about any and all of Milan's stories is that she doesn't work inside the historical romance box that most authors do. She's willing to take a chance on edgier topics. This time it's interracial romance and in the 1880s at that. My hat's off to her once again.

This may be one of Milan's most touching novellas so far and I couldn't help, as I read it, but feel some fear about the future for this couple. That was the 19th century. This is the 21st century and there are still people in my neck of the woods who are intolerant pigs. What were Rose and Steven going to face in the 1880s? Milan made me fall in love with this fictional couple enough to worry about their fictional future. How accepted would they be? Would the outside world intrude on their happiness? Oh, I do hope that this one has an ever-after HEA.
I think the Brothers Sinister series may be my favorite romance series and it's easy to say why. Apart from giving us great writing and great storytelling, Courtney Milan also took chances and she showed us different universes from the usual rakish dukes that we constantly read about. The first short story in the series set the pace - it was about a governess who'd been raped and sad on the stairs of her rapist to make sure he would acknowledge the child she was carrying. Not the usual beginning of a romance. Because she found love on those stairs - and not with her rapist, luckily (too many romances would have gone in that direction since the rapist was a duke).

This short story is about Rose and Steven - the latter playing a prominente role in the last book in the series, The Suffragette Scandal. Rose is a brilliant matematician and astronomer and Steven is an author who writes a humor column for a suffragette magazine. He has a reputation as someone who does not take things seriously whereas Rose does. It's truly about opposites attracting one another.

Rose and Steven are also different in where they have their roots. Steven's are in Ireland and Rose's in Africa. It's heartbreaking to see how Rose meets racism at a very important part of her life but also interesting to read about that part of late 19th century England. Courtney Milan certainly gives us stories out of the ordinary!

Read this story! Read this series! I recommend it even to people who don't read romances because the series is so much more than that.
Loved this! I'm not sure why it's so poorly rated compared to the rest of the books in this series. Maybe readers were expecting more fan-service in the last novella of the series? Or were hoping for something longer? Well, it very clearly says "novella" on the cover, peeps. And I hate maudlin series-enders that skip plot in favor of endless cameos from previous characters. Other reviewers complained of preachiness--again, I'm confused as to why, because at no time do any of the characters preach. Not one single solitary tirade. Sure, there are overt themes involving racism... but what did you expect when picking up a Courtney Milan historical romance starring an interracial couple???

Okay, okay, now I'm the one preaching. Instead of telling you why you shouldn't dislike the book, I'll tell you why you should love it witty banter, a unique story set in an era that has been trodden to death by other authors, a strong central romantic conflict that doesn't rely on clichés to sustain tension until the end. A hero who is smart, perceptive, and aware of the crushing unfairness of the world but unwilling to accede to society's pressures. A heroine who will be sympathetic to any woman who has ever been told to be quiet and quit boring those around her with her love of [insert thing here] because no one cares/it's not ladylike/men don't like smart women.

So okay, you have to really squint at the cover to see that the model might be black... but come on, "Don't judge a book by its cover" seems especially apt here.