{"id":26325,"date":"2025-07-08T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=26325"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:56:01","slug":"book-a-fair-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-a-fair-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fair Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-3772\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_afairhand.png?fit=250%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Fair Hand\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> A Fair Hand<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/e-a-deverell\/\">E.A. Deverell<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2015-01-01\">January 1, 2015<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/self-published\/\">Self-Published<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 56<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/historical-romance\/\">Historical Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/regency\/\">Regency<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/3.5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star-half-alt\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25805462-a-fair-hand\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>When she proposed to Archie Holbrook at the tender age of eleven, Felicity Carrell had not expected her attentions to drive him away to the navy. Six years later, he returns to England to find that she has kept her promise of not breaking the seal on a single one of his letters, but can the same be said of her heart?<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadeverell.com\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\">Author<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2025-07-08T05:00:01+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"A Fair Hand\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-a-fair-hand\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"A Fair Hand\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"E.A. 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She is still in love Archie, her childhood friend who is nine years her senior, whom she thoroughly embarrassed and drove away. Although he leaves for the Navy for six years Felicity is still utterly in love with him and devises a whole web of schemes to ensnare him.<\/p>\n<p>I normally don\u2019t like characters that are scheming, childish, and a little bit selfish, but I couldn\u2019t help but like Felicity, even if I found her antics obnoxious. She knows why Archie couldn\u2019t return her affections in the past, him being a twenty year old bachelor and her only eleven, yet she decides that to win his affections she needs to make him jealous. Never mind that he had been gone for six years and she had grown up. This is an old game that so many girls play when they want to be pursued and it never works. I also found the sub plot about the letters a little silly since it felt like it played such a minor role in the story despite being a major part of the book\u2019s description. In fact, I felt that it showed Felicity\u2019s utter lack of conviction to uphold her promise, which was really just a tantrum, yet another example of how immature she is.<\/p>\n<p>What was good about the story though, is that Felicity doesn\u2019t win at her game, and her attempt to be manipulative and play with other people does get her into quite a bit of trouble. Her deeds do not go unpunished, and that I felt was what made the book stand out. Felicity would have saved herself and many other characters a lot of trouble if she had just been honest, and this is a lesson I think more girls actually could stand to learn when it comes to love. If your honest feelings aren\u2019t enough, forcing a relationship will do you no good either. Schemes and manipulation are harmful for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>I found Archie\u2019s character to be an absolute dreamboat. Although he is pretty dense when it comes to Felicity\u2019s obvious worship of him, he still does everything in her best interest despite his own feelings. He is selfless while Felicity is incredibly selfish. She needs a guardian to keep her in line and Archie just happens to enjoy being one. Somehow these the two work well together. I did like the story overall and found the romance enjoyable and I was curious how the story would play out and the story kept me captivated the whole way through.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Miss Carrell, are you asking for <em>my hand<\/em> in <strong>marriage<\/strong>?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Manipulation <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About E.A. Deverell<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eadeverell.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eadeverell.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eadeverell.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eva Deverell, also known as Lady Writer, is the creator of the One Page Novel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadeverell.com\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/13688777.E_A_Deverell\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eppEYf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/evadeverell\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Pinterest<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/evadeverell\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Felicity is a young debutante approaching the date of her \u201ccoming out\u201d to society. 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