Review: Love Language by Emma Hart

Love Language by Emma Hart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Edit:  This book has been renamed, and is now titled Lady Love.  

I was provided an ARC via the author, all opinions are my own.

This is a new series from Emma Hart following aristocrats in a small English town.  This follows Lady Gabriella Hastings, who is not what you'd expect.  She wants to go to college, get a job, and play in the dirt.  She loves plants and wants to design gardens as a career.  You wouldn't expect that from someone with a fancy royal title, but she is pretty down to Earth, loves the people of the town and her goal is to get a job doing something she loves.  She also has a huge crush on the grumpy head gardener that works on the estate that her father is responsible for.  She can't figure out why Miles (the gardener) doesn't like her when she's been nothing but polite to him other than asking him questions about the gardens and the plants she loves so much.  It turns out Miles is actually attracted to Gabi, but he doesn't think that his status as a commoner would mix with her aristocratic title.  This becomes quite the rift between them when they get stuck together at the estate during a pretty bad storm.  As they get to know each other, they realize that there is an attraction between them and that they do actually get along and like each other.  They both have to decide if they are willing to put class rules aside and go after what they want for the sake of their own happiness.

This doesn't have a ton of angst, though it is a little slow burn as it takes Miles a bit of time to figure out what he wants to do about having a relationship with Gabi.  He has to be told a few times to get over himself when it comes to his views on the aristocracy and what would make Gabi happy.  I really loved all of the side characters in this.  Emma Hart always finds a way to write in a hilarious parent or grandparent type of character in her books.  In this case it is Gabi's Aunt Cat, she provides some drama and comic relief throughout the book with her animals and banter.  Mile's grandpa was pretty awesome too, he gave great advice.  Gabi's friends and cousin were great side characters and I expect we will get books for them soon.  I thought the character development was good between Gabi and Miles.  Gabi decides what she wants and goes after it, Miles on the other hand is a little slower to take action but it is worth waiting for.  This has some great comedic moments.  It is fairly tame in the spice department, if you are looking for something super steamy this is not the book.  This is more slow and sweet with some kissing scenes.

This is set in modern day England and the author uses quite a few British terms for things.  I had to look up a few I didn't know, but I didn't really mind.  Most of the time they were really funny.  I actually really liked that it was set in England and that she used some elements of her real life in this book.  I know she has her own ducks and gardens and posts about them in her author group and on instagram.  

This was really fun and has all of the things I love about an Emma Hart book.  Great humor and lovely characters.  I can't wait to see more from this series!

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