Just Stab Me Now

Name: Just Stab Me Now
Rating: 4.9210524559021 (38 reviews)

Jill Bearup

Feb 2024 · Sword Lady Books

4.9

38 reviews

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346

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A desperate mother. A dubious escort. And a deranged author who won’t leave them alone.

Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline’s favourite tropes.

But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow with two children, her sole focus is facilitating a peace treaty between her adopted nation and her homeland, and she flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being Only One Bed.

What’s an author to do?

Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube shorts series, Jill Bearup’s debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta and medieval-inspired. Leigh Bardugo and Terry Pratchett aficionados will enjoy the political intrigue paired with convivial, tongue-in-cheek satire, and romance fans will savour plenty of slow-burn, fade-to-black romance.

If you loved Stranger Than Fiction and The Princess Bride, you will soon find yourself cheering on enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline as together they learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.

Ratings and reviews

4.9

38 reviews

Phebe Dehaan

June 2, 2024

this book is sweet, and that was strange for me. it's fantasy, but everyone was kind and supportive of each other. the bad guy was vaguely not great but not some looming evil, just...not a good person who made very selfish decisions. I loved the consent, the care and the emotional support. Absolutely not what I expected, despite having watched the shorts. no regrets, rock on Bearup.

Archeo Lumiere

March 5, 2024

An unstoppable read, from the moment I started this book, I knew it was going to be an absolute riot. To be perfectly honest, well before I started this book, I knew it was going to be great, I've been following this video series since it was barely ten videos long, and the dynamic between Caroline and Rosamund is deeply entertaining. Seeing the two's relationship develop properly was something the videos didn't do justice like the book does. The interactions and growing assertiveness of Leo in his interactions with Caroline, as well, are simply divine.

Ian Walker

June 7, 2024

If you've not watched Mrs. Bearup's YouTube shorts that inspired this book you need to find them, they're a treat. Having said THAT, this book is an absolute GEM! The internal dialog is great, the world building is top notch, and the scenes all evoke the expected emotions without beating you over the head. BUT!...the scenes between the author, Caroline, and her characters are hilariously divine! Even though I'm familiar with the source and was expecting the interruptions, I got caught by the first cut, So well done! There's a serious whiplash when Caroline shows up and I laughed myself to tears before the end of Chapter 2. Delightful from beginning to end. Thanks, Jill!!!

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