The Sum of All Kisses audiobook

4.5 MODERN-DAY-JANE-AUSTEN STARS!!!Disclaimer: No, this isn’t a retelling of Pride and Prejudice. But you will enjoy it just as much!There’s some of this…And some of this…(giggling) And some of this…And OMG, some of this…Julia Quinn = the modern day Jane Austen.Yep. I said it.Her writing is elegant and sophisticated. She knows how to write a story…a wonderful story. She knows how to tug at my heart. Her tongue. Her lips. His downfall. Lord Hugh and Sarah hate each other. They insult each other at every turn. It’s not a flirty banter either. They truly do not like each other. Though he doesn’t know it, but Hugh ruined Sarah’s life, and Hugh doesn’t care for Sarah’s personality. He didn’t like her. He really didn’t, but by God, he’d have sold a piece of his soul right then to dance with her. My Hugh:Hugh – MEGA-HARD-SWOON!!!!! After participating in a duel with Sarah’s cousin, Hugh’s leg is forever injured and in pain, so he must walk with a cane. He lives in regret. Even when he starts to fall for Sarah, he doesn’t think he is good enough for her. Hugh isn’t able to sweep Sarah off her feet, literally, because he can barely walk himself. He’s the best kind of broody :).My Sarah:Sarah – The girl has got attitude and I loved her!!!It’s one of those books that make you hug your kindle :).Find me on

TW for discussion of abuse and kidnappingThis was SUCH a good hate to love romance with a wounded hero and it's definitely my favorite in the series! I loved Hugh so much in Daniel's book and really enjoyed seeing the duel from his perspective in the prologue. Hugh and Sarah do not get along at all, but they are forced to spend time together at Honoria's wedding. This very much centers around the wedding and they even go on a road trip (9 hour carriage ride) and that was one of my favorite scenes! Sarah's siblings were in a lot of the previous book and I just adored them and their antics. Francis was especially adorable and I loved how she wanted to be friends with Hugh. There was a lot of discussion surrounding Hugh's injury and his frustration over not being able to feel like a man, especially when it came to protecting and caring for Sarah. I loved their conversations about Hugh's injury and how Sarah was genuinely curious and wanted Hugh to feel the most comfortable when with her. The dancing scene was just everything. *sigh* There was some danger at the end with a villainous character and I enjoyed how that was the conflict as opposed to miscommunication or some other trope. Overall, I just adored this story and really need to get this in paperback. The audiobooks for this entire series are just amazing and I highly recommend!

Why do people hate this book???I truly loved it. It was a very slow-burn romance, almost excruciatingly slow, and there's nothing I love more than that in an HR. It felt like a real HR, not a contemporary in disguise. I know Julia Quinn writes those love-at-first-sight books (like book #2) as often, but IMO she's at her best when she's doing slow-burn. Maybe that's a matter of personal preference though. Readers who want action will not find it here. The book is full of dialogue and the H/h spending time together and getting to know each other. At first they were enemies, they hated each other and this didn't change overnight. I could see their relationship changing and evolving along with their feelings before my eyes as they got to know each other better and spend time together. I could see them beginning to appreciate each other, grudgingly at first, with all their heart later and eventually falling completely in love.I loved Hugh! I loved his beautiful mind and his kind heart and his leg was just one vulnerability about him that made me feel even more drawn to him. Sarah was an interesting heroine. She was very kind, but could also be very selfish. Strangely, selfishness is not a quality that easily bothers me. Probably because I believe very few people are truly pure and completely selfless in their hearts and selfishness just makes a character feel more round and multi-layered.Hugh's father was a bit too villainous and crazy to pass off as a real and complex character, but, on the other hand, Sarah's sisters and especially Francis, who is the most adorable little girl

Originally Posted on Confessions of an Opinionated Book GeekThere is something about Julia Quinn’s writing that hits all the pleasure sensors in my brain. I laugh, cry, love and hurt with her books. She is probably my favorite living author and all I need is to see her name on the cover to grab it up. I could not wait to get my hands on THE SUM OF ALL KISSES and Ms. Quinn did not disappoint. Probably, because Julia Quinn never ever disappoints!The story of Hugh Prentice and his duel with Daniel Smythe-Smith will never cease to bring pure drama to the pages. It will always be the dramatic, heartbreaking and defining moment of this series. A moment where two young men made a stupid mistake that will define them forever. More than define them they will always carry scars and it seems will keep paying for a youthful mistake.Well, at least that’s what life looks like for Hugh Prentice. Daniel suffered for a long time, but now he is home, back in the bosom of his family and about to get married to the love of his life. Hugh on the other hand is broken. He has a damaged leg and a reputation for being a bit too serious. More than that, Hugh can never dance, never carry a woman in his arms and never feel like he is a complete man.I loved this book. THE SUM OF ALL KISSES starts with the most ridiculous, melodramatic and irrationally entertaining first meet I have ever read. When Lady Sarah meets Sir Hugh, fireworks fly, words are swung like knives and feelings are hurt. And yet, I laughed. I laughed, giggled and chuckled through most of this book, but that opening is gold. Sarah’s hatred for Hugh is melodramatic, but also legitimate and it seems impossible that these two people will ever fall in love.Then they do. They fall in love, slowly, realistically and oh so romantically. This relationship is similar to Mr. Darcy and Ms. Elizabeth. Their dislike for each other is so strong it seems that only God could change their opinion. But God wasn’t needed in this situation, just time and openness. That’s what makes these kinds of stories work so well. It quickly becomes obvious that two people are perfect and that misunderstandings could actually keep them apart. It makes you wonder about your own misunderstandings and whom your snap judgments are keeping you away from.Julia Quinn did a wonderful job with Hugh’s injury. It’s strange to say wonderful job about something so heartbreaking, but honestly I believed it. I believed Hugh’s inner turmoil. The idea that you are alive and you should be happy to be so, but you are not whole. There are certain characteristics that society has made us believe makes us a man or a woman. For a woman it’s the ability to have children and for a man it’s virility and strength. Hugh’s injury takes some of that strength from him.There is a moment where Sarah falls out of a carriage and Hugh does not have the ability to catch her. His absolute disappointment in himself is something so strong that I felt it in the pit of my stomach. I felt his despondency and his shame. I felt so much sorrow at the idea that he thought less of himself, because of something he could not help. Something that is not his fault.THE SUM OF ALL KISSES is romantic, funny, heartbreaking, dramatic and charming. Like all of Julia Quinn’s books. It is packed with so much drama and entertainment it’s hard to put down. A must read.Recommended for fans of Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas and Eloisa James.

Hugh and Sarah were so cute together! I loved their journey from enemies to lovers. It was handled in a very believable way, which really suited the trope.

4'5Maravilloso. He estado pocha todo el día y al final me he rendido, me he puesto a leer y he dejado que Julia Quinn me hiciera olvidarme se todo🥰. Por otro lado, me he acabado el libro en un día y ya es uno menos de Julia que leer😢. Y doy gracias a los dioses de que me haya encantado este libro, que después del chasco que me llevé con el anterior de las Smythe-Smith tenía un pelín de miedo.Pero era un miedo injustificado. Aquí he recuperado todo lo que me gusta de Julia Quinn: es una historia ligera y entretenida con mucho humor y una pareja con una dinámica enemies to lovers. Chef's kiss.El personaje de Hugh ya me llamó la atención en el libro anterior, tiene una historia muy curiosa detrás y me ha gustado mucho ver su desarrollo en este libro. Como sucede a menudo con los personajes masculinos que están todo el día de morros y se aíslan mucho, tiene un lado suave y cariñoso que al final te derrite.Y Sarah es una reina de armas tomar. Es cierto que su motivo de enfado con Hugh al principio del libro no es muy racional, pero bueno. De ella también me ha gustado mucho su evolución y el hecho de que al final es ella la heroína del libro que salva la situación.Y sobre el final, me ha gustado que el mayor conflicto al final no fuera por falta de comunicación o ocultar la verdad al otro, etc. Ese recurso ya se utiliza bastante y no es mi favorito, así que me ha gustado ver un cambio en este libro a ese respecto.También me ha gustado todo lo que tiene que ver con la lesión de Hugh, cómo se siente él al respecto, cómo intenta entenderlo ella y ayudar en todo lo que pueda a que él esté cómodo, etc.En conjunto, entre los libros de Julia es un soplo de aire fresco en ciertos aspectos, pero sin perder nada de la esencia que caracteriza sus historias. Muy recomendable.

4,25⭐️Un enemies to lovers muy divertido !!

We had mixed opinions on this book as a whole, but one thing we agreed on? We pretty much loved the couple. Lady Sarah Pleinsworth is a witty, fun, life-of-the-party kind of girl, while Lord Hugh Prentice is a socially awkward, in-his-own-head, sexy-limp kind of guy. Plus they hate each other.⁠⁠When they must endure two weeks of forced wedding proximity, they have to reevaluate the basis of their enmity. Throw in a subtle critique of toxic masculinity, some precocious kids, a dance by moonlight, and a third-act trip to What-the-Heck-Just-Happened and you've got one of the best entries in the series.⁠And that third-act trip is where our disagreement on this book arises. Meg was all-in and didn't care how wild and wacky things got, while Laine thought that the sudden escalation was too much for a low-key love story. All in all, though, we thought that this pairing was perfect!⁠Meg's 47-word summary: Do weddings bring people together? They do in Smythe-Smith land! Sarah’s forced to hang out with her sworn enemy, Hugh, who puts up with it because “getting along” is the whole reason he’s attending. A sprained ankle and several dramatic revelations later - and they’re in bed together.⁠⁠Laine's 47-word summary: Sarah's the only one left holding a grudge against the man whose duel ran her cousin out of the country - and he reciprocates, but wedding contrivance results in ... affection? and a sobbing fight over a suicide pact and kidnapping/forced ruination scheme and the most boring fingering ever. ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/plottrysts

4.5 out of 5 stars. I binged this in one sitting because I'm a sucker for a damaged hero and an enemies to lovers romance.

Una lectura de romance de esas que te hacen leer sin parar, un romance con una base algo tormentosa que poco a poco irá evolucionando y dando paso a algo realmente adorable, una historia en la que el arrepentimiento y perdón jugarán papeles protagonistas, sin duda Sarah y Hugh estaban destinados a estar juntos. Reseña completa: https://atrapadaenunashojasdepapel.bl...

MARAVILLOSO. Leer a Julia siempre me saca de cualquier bajón... y creo que lo que mas necesitaba ahora era distraerme. Y como siempre, sus historias me enamoran y me hacen disfrutar.No le doy las 5, pero casi... 4,5*

Qué bonito es este libro.De verdad que Julia Quinn escribe maravillosamente y todas sus obras me han gustado, en menor o mayor término, pero es que este libro es tan bonito.Reconozco que tengo cierto amor y predilección hacia Hugh. Desde el inicio de la saga me parece un personaje genial y no puedo negar mi favoritismo. Es de esos lores inteligentes y buenos, que la vida les ha dado una infancia funesta y un accidente que los ha marcado. Nadie lamenta más que él lo que ocurrió con Daniel, y eso lo hace aún más maravilloso.Tiene una manera de ser que te atrapa, y su pierna es ese detalle que lo hace más humano. Los momentos en que habla con Frances y se comporta con tanta tracia con las hernanas, te dan esa perspectiva de la clase de persona que es.Si bien es verdad que Sarah al principio te parece bastante egpista y simplona, conad hojas te das cuenta que tras todo eso es una gran mujer. Es verdad que tiene miedos y la sociedad la empuja a querer casarse y ser reconocida, pero por encima de todo es leal a su familia y desea que sean felices incluso con Hugh, por el que siente cierto rechazo, odia que sienta dolor y que sufra.Su amor, aunque rápido en cuanto a días, viene desde lejos por la forma en que se encuentran y se encaran mutuamente. Son francos y directos, y como no, honoria los empareja muy sutilmente. Hay complicidad. Hay mucha conversación. Miradas y conforme pasan los días también pasión.Es cierto que quizá ese final no sea mi preferido, pero tienr sentido con la historia y adoro que sea Sarah la que ponga final a esa situación.Una maravilla de historia.Siempre es un placer leer a esta autora.

Oh My God! This book was SOOOOO GOOOODD!!! They were HILARIOUS together!! Their love story was so good. This has been my Favorite JQ book so far!

Another delightful romance from the talents of Julia Quinn! Watching our couple, Lady Sarah Pleinsworth and Hugh Prentice, go from enemies to friends to lovers was a journey that will please many romance fans. Julia Quinn is one of my favorite authors due to the way she injects humor throughout the entire story and this was no exception. Along with the humor, though, comes a deep sense of family and heart that is guaranteed to make you smile. The action at the end will have you flipping the pages but I did feel like it was a bit out of place and just a little over dramatic. While not my favorite JQ, A Sum for All Kisses was still perfectly proper romance that I was happy to be swept away by. 4 starsReview copy provided by Avon books via edelweiss.