kat's Reviews > Almost Heaven

⊹ reread, may 2023.
⊹ read, february 2022.

With a raw ache in his voice he said, ❛If you would take one step forward, darling, you could cry in my arms. And while you do, I’ll tell you how sorry I am for everything I’ve done—❜ Unable to wait, Ian caught her, pulling her tightly against him. ❛And when I’m finished,❜ he whispered hoarsely as she wrapped her arms around him and wept brokenly, ❛you can help me find a way to forgive myself.❜

this was such a beautiful book. It managed to evoke so many deep emotions in me. I am in awe. I seriously don't know how to describe how I felt, and I started writing a review while I was only 35% in the book. I just knew I was going to love it. I could feel it in my gut.



“A gently bred Englishwoman,” she shakily quoted Lucinda’s lecture, “feels nothing stronger than affection. We do nor fall in love.”
His warm lips covered hers. “I’m a Scot,” he murmured huskily. “We do.”

❛ 𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐍 ❜
he is one of the most charming characters I have ever read. I fell in love with him when elizabeth saw him in the garden for the first time and got caught staring and lurking in the shadows. I don't know why but the way she described him standing all alone while he lit his cigar made me swoon and/or when he opened his arms and asked her to dance with him while no one was around—double swoon.

I swear I swoon over the smallest and the littlest things when I read historical romance books and it seems like Ian Thornton has ruined all other fictional men for me. he truly has because none of them will ever compare to this fictional man.

⊹ song: minefields by faouzia and john legend.

“There now,” she said to the flowers in an encouraging tone, “you have food and air. You’ll be very happy and pretty in no time.”
“Are you talking to the flowers?” Ian asked from behind her.
Elizabeth started and turned around on an embarrassed laugh. “They like it when I talk to them.”

❛ 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍 ❜
she is one of the most endearing characters I have ever read, and I adore her to death. the number of times she has made me laugh, smile, and cry my eyes out—gah, I would absolutely die for her! and I love how she didn't take any shit from anyone, not even from Ian!



❛I love you,❜ he whispered, rubbing his jaw against her temple. ❛And you love me. I can feel it when you’re in my arms.❜

❛ 𝐒𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐍-𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 ❜
✦ the stolen glances in the card room. <3
✦ miss judith wrote, hands down, best kissing scenes! I kept rereading it, and my heart was fluttering way too many damn times!✨
✦ after not seeing each other for two years, the first thing elizabeth does when she sees him is point a gun at his chest.
✦ I love it when 'sweetheart,' 'darling,' and 'my love' are used as a term of endearment in romance books. 🩷
✦ the sneaking in the cottage to meet each other in secret and they did a little more than talk. that scene is forever tattooed on my mind.
✦ or when they sat beside each other, reading their books while holding hands. I want this.
✦ forehead kisses make me melt, and there were quite a few forehead kisses in this book.
✦ when Ian was the first to say 'I love you'.
✦ when she defended him because a group of men accused him of cheating while playing cards.

If this review doesn't scream how much I love this book, the characters, and the historical romance genre, I don't know what does.