If you’re a fan of romance books and you’re looking for a new book to read then keep reading my Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday book review to see if this romance book is something you’d like to read next.
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Author
Jenny Holiday is a USA Today Best Selling Author who grew up in Minnesota but is currently living in Ontario, Canada. Her wonderful books have been featured in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and The Washington Post. Jenny loves writing and started in the forth grade when a teacher gave her a notebook to fill with great stories. Her hobbies include of course, writing, hiking, themed parties, and watching people sing karaoke.
Plot
When not writing, poet Edward Astley, Viscount Featherfinch, spends his time fending off suitors, avoiding his cruel father, and going on Earls trips with his two best friends who refer to him as Effie. Effie knows he must marry someday as he is heir to earldom. The problem with that though, is that he’s already in love with a woman named Julianna Evans. This love is a hopeless dream as Julianna is not a member of the aristocracy, she’s a magazine editor, she has vowed to never marry, and they’ve never met in person. Also, she thinks Effie is a woman named Euphemia.
Julianna is baffled that her best friend of years through their correspondents doesn’t want to meet in person. She fears it could be because Euphemia is wealthy as she’s never cashed the bank drafts Julianna has sent her for her submissions to the magazine. Perhaps Euphemia doesn’t want wealth and rank to come between them. Julianna decides enough is enough and is going to surprise Euphemia on a trip she planned.
Effie and Julianna are equally as shocked upon meeting. Now they must decide, what is true, and whether love and friendship is worth an earldom.
My Review
Manic Pixie Dream Earl is the second book in the Earls Trip standalone series and I loved it. I haven’t read the first book in the series but I absolutely want to now. I read Jenny Holiday’s book Canadian Boyfriend so I was sure I’d love this book as well and I was right. This book definitely gives off Bridgerton vibes and has a very strong found family trope which is a favorite of mine.
This book did a great job at character development and helping Effie and Julianna grow into who they can and should be as well as showing their friends to lovers journey in such a sweet way. It was so cute to see the intense connection that Effie and Julianna had long before they ever met in person and I felt like it was a big part of their romantic foundation.
Overall I absolutely loved this book and would easily recommend it to romance lovers and anyone who enjoyed Bridgerton. I would rate it 4/5 stars.
And that’s the end of my Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday book review. If you read this book let me know in the comments and if you loved it as much as I did. If you’re looking for other books to read check out these reviews: The Four Engagement Rings Of Sybil Rain, Writing Mr. Wrong, and Canadian Boyfriend.
