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Thanks to Simon and Schuster for sending me an advance copy of this book for review, out April 6th! I love a Regency romance, and it’s been a while since I’ve read a good one. It’s also been a while since I’ve stayed up into the early hours reading a book that left me grinning. To Love and To Loathe by Martha Waters was exactly what I needed. I loved the banter, the enemies to lovers arc, the sex positivity, the LGBTQ+ rep, the just-right-for-me open door romance, and the way that no one was raped, ruined, or bereft in the making of this plot (as is often the case with historical romance.) I loved the Clueless vibes (no surprise, as Clueless is based on Emma, a Regency romance 🤣) and I could not stop picturing the dowager marchioness as Lady Danbury from the Bridgerton adaptation. I haven’t picked up the first book, To Have and To Hoax yet, but it isn’t necessary to read the books in order. Like Jasmine Guillory’s Wedding Date series, these books exist in the same world and have character overlap, but focus on different couples. I adored Diana and Jeremy’s journey and I’m definitely looking forward to reading To Have and To Hoax to get a glimpse of them (and get to hang out again in their world for a bit!) via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CMUle9AAIAu/