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reviewed Talk sweetly to me by Courtney Milan (Brothers sinister series -- Coda)

Courtney Milan: Talk sweetly to me (2014, [Courtney Milan]) 4 stars

Nobody knows who Miss Rose Sweetly is, and she prefers it that way. She's a …

Talk Sweetly To Me

3 stars

Another in the Brother's Sinister series, but other than being a romance set in Victorian England I failed to see any connection. Rose Sweetly works as a computer for a scientist and has a crush on her rakish neighbourhood writer. All my previous complaints about Milan books are back in force; an overly rushed romance, an implausibly wonderful love interest, and an oh-so-exceptional protagonist. My biggest peeve is that Rose's experiences as a Victorian-era British Black woman seem under-explored but if you like Milan's "formula", you'll like this.