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Everything and the Moon (Lyndon Sisters Book 1)

Everything and the Moon (Lyndon Sisters Book 1)

byJulia Quinn
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laurelp
5.0 out of 5 starsJane Austin of this century.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2022
I will admit, watching Bridgerton got me to read the entire series. After that, I was hooked. Working my way through all of her novels in order and loving every page.
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Laili
1.0 out of 5 starsInsulting and frustrating
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 23, 2016
I was insulted by this book. It's just so annoying for me to read, and here are the reasons why: Robert, the male protagonist, is a terrible person. I adored Victoria for having found her independence and happiness on her own. I thought that was very well done of Quinn. However, it becomes increasingly obvious that Robert doesn't care at all about what Victoria wants. She tells him, time and time again, what her wishes are and he blatantly ignores them. He says that she won't lose herself in being with him, but it was painfully obvious that isn't true. Victoria herself becomes terrible and annoying as we get closer to the end. She just ignores all the independence she found for herself.

I kept wishing that she would just up and leave that infuriating man who clearly doesn't respect her one bit. this book was wonderfully written at the beginning, and I really thought I would enjoy it, but I did not. It was very romantic and sweet, but seeing how Robert treats her makes me feel sick. This isn't a personal preference for romance. I just cannot condone abuse, and this is very much an abusive relationship. Robert uses Victoria's attraction to him for his own good, and doesn't stop to think about what she wants. I think there were definitely several ways he could have won her heart without forcing it the way he did. He just wore her down until she accepted him, and I don't see how that is romance or love.

In fact, seeing him treat her in such a way in a romantic view - it's just disgusting. There is nothing romantic about ignoring what someone wants. Just because you think you know what they want doesn't make it okay for you to force them to change their minds. No means no, and dear god I'd freely say Robert VIOLATES Victoria.

I've read 7 of Quinn's other works and I've enjoyed those reasonably well, but this book made me want to punch her in the face. I can make some allowances as this her fourth published work, but her first book was better than this. I was very, very disappointed with this book.

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Robert kidnaps Victoria, and like after two nights and sex, she says she will only forgive him until she milks the situation as much as she can. After agreeing to marry him. Bitch when is abduction ever okay? You really think this is a great beginning to a marriage? The bastard clearly doesn't respect you one bit. He tricks you into safety and brings you away with the intention of 'winning' you. Ugh.

And if any of you say the abduction was okay because she was okay with it. She was not. She was angry, humiliated, insulted - for reasons I agree with. Briefly, she says she wants to keep her independence, Robert agrees, and proceeds to show he actually doesn't by KIDNAPPING her. Her feelings afterward, I believe, was completely out of character, and was written that way to move along the 'romance'. Romance my butt. I'd cut off my own foot before I let anyone treat me like that.

And if you say this is all okay and normal because that's 'how it was at the time', then just leave. I've read historical romances that doesn't disrespect women, so it is absolutely possible.
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Cathy
3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable but an easy read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2022
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Julia Quinn is always easy to read and this book is no exception. The story is a little more predictable than others and takes awhile to get to the end, but it is a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon.
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natalie
3.0 out of 5 stars It's ok, interesting story but dragged out
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2015
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The first half of the book was fantastic, I couldn't put it down. The dialogue was great and you believed ever word of their true love. Great drama and fun scenario that landed the lovers back in their lives. Too bad the book really drags out.their fighting is amusing but not for the seven chapters it feels like, especially when Robert realizes he loves Victoria. That's where the story has no where to go so the heroine stays mad like a school brat even though the sexual chemistry is oozing through pages.she keeps denying him when he's being a perfect nice hero. A Gentleman with dirty thoughts. He should have dropped her for the spoiled brat she was being, not like her younger self in the beginning chapters. I love Julia quinn. She's still my favorite author
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KHA
3.0 out of 5 stars A less than stellar early effort
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 10, 2014
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This was a recent re-read for me. I must have originally read this about ten years ago, and couldn't remember the story. Julia Quinn is a marvel in that this couple's love-at-first-sight was so believable and so sweet. The first part of the book was fabulous. But her resolution in the back third was REALLY not great. It felt like Victoria's anger and fear were exaggerated to make up for a lack of character develoment. I almost wish JQ would do a re-write now that she's a more seasoned writer (and for sister book Brighter Than the Sun as well). The premise and characters are great! They deserve a better plot and better dialogue. If this is your first time reading Everything and the Moon, by all means read on. But my re-read is reminding me why I decided to donate my last copy to the library.
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Maryann Fee
3.0 out of 5 stars It started so well
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2020
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I liked the premise and the first half of the book made my heart clench with gave me all the romantic fuzzy feelings. If JQ had finished the story halfway thru the book I would have been happy and content Instead, she wrote another 150+ pages of filler and nonsense that made the story dragged out and lost all the romance and momentum.
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Juanita Yates
3.0 out of 5 stars Julia Quinn is a great writer, but this was not her best work.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2013
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I had read ALL of the Bridgerton books by Julia Quinn and I was looking forward to this one, but I was disappointed in Everything and the Moon and lost interest in it and did not finished it.
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Fara Zuckero
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2018
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This book was very disappointing. Not. What aiwould have expected from her.
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Lisa S Pilgrim
3.0 out of 5 stars Not typical of Quinn.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 21, 2014
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This book lacked the polished writing I expect from Julia Quinn. The plot was weak and the characters were somewhat flat. That said, it did hook me enough to finish it.
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Megan Hallam
3.0 out of 5 stars A rare disappointment from Julia Quinn
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2021
As a huge fan of almost every Quinn book I’ve read, it’s disappointing to find one with such a toxic relationship at its heart. The “hero”, while charming and theoretically likeable, is manipulative throughout and acts consistently from motives that are incredibly selfish & controlling. Worse yet, his actions are presented almost as if they should be deemed somehow endearing, even while the “heroine” experiences genuine emotional distress as a result and communicates as much to both the “hero” and the reader. He is clearly in the wrong, and yet the conflict resolution occurs when the “heroine” finally decides to — essentially — stop being so uptight as to expect minimum standards of decency and respect because he seems so crushed by her rejections. That these are behaviors he never reconsiders or apologizes for makes it impossible, in the end, to feel this is truly.a happy ending. There can be no love without empathy and regard for the feelings and autonomy of your partner. Not since “When She was Wicked” have I experienced a Julia Quinn story that left me so deeply disturbed.
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dermres
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, once you overlook the stalker tendencies
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2021
I love Julia Quinn. I did enjoy this book overall (because I've enjoyed almost every book I've ever read aside from Tina Fey's Bossy Pants). It started off promising, and I am totally okay with the fairy tale nature of romance novels. I realize that messing around in a moving carriage was probably not the fantasy story that she depicts and that all these Regency rakes would have had syphilis in real life, but I can gloss over all that. However, Robert Kemble's obsessive behavior made me uncomfortable. Even if he's a rich, hot earl, I'm not a fan of stalking and kidnapping generally. I'm pretty sure that if Robert was a real person in today, Victoria would have filed a restraining order against him. I often felt like "Ah, this must be how strongly a stalker feels about their convictions when they are seeking out their ex-girlfriend." But again, in Regency romance you must remind yourself that stalkers (and syphilis) do not exist.
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Nih
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Quinn's Best
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2012
The minute Robert Kemble, Earl of Macclesfield, set eyes on the raven-haired beaty that was Victoria Lyndon, it was love at first sight.

She was everything he never knew he had always wanted. And she would be his.

As soon as he let her know, that is.

Victoria couldn't be more suprised when the owner of the lands and the pond she was swimming in suddenly accosted her. That is, until he started to shamelessly flirt and kiss her. And promise her everything she could ever want. AND the moon.

Robert proposed and Victoria wants nothing more than to marry this wonderful, charming man she is rapidly falling for... but their fathers think differently on the matter. And thanks to them, a most horrid misunderstanding takes place, pushing the loving couple apart.

Seven years later, they meet again. Now they need to learn to forgive each other, and start accepting the old feelings that are now resurfacing. If only Robert can convince Victoria that this time he will, indeed, give her everything and the moon.

I just love Julia Quinn. It's very rare for me not to like the things she write... but when I read her introductory letter for this book, I somehow knew this would be one of those rare occasions.

How can an author expect us to believe in something she doesn't believe herself?

I've never been one for love-at-first-sight stories, but thinking this one would be like the others Quinn had so perfectly penned, I gave it a try. I don't know. Maybe if I hadn't read her letter saying she was writing about something she didn't believe, I would have enjoyed the story more. Maybe I still wouldn't have enjoyed it. My point is: I couldn't finish it.

Yup, that's right. I abandoned this book. The beginning was super cute, I'll admit it. And there were some great (and awfully characteristic of Quinn's works) amusing moments... but I just stopped caring for the characters around the middle of the book. I didn't even care enough to jump to the ending. I simply gave it up. They were juvenile. Plain silly. And not believable.

However, I am enjoying the second book in the series immensely. But Brighter Than The Sun is very much in line with my other Quinn's favorites. :P I still love Quinn, we just had a bad moment.

If you do like love-at-first-sight stories in a historical setting, then this will most likely be a hit for you. I hope you enjoy it!
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