The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
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"So riotously clever it almost defies description...an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony."—NPR
Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.
Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, stealing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.
For his part, Devon has never been more smitten than when he first set eyes on Professor Beth Pickering. She's so pretty, so polite, so capable of bringing down a fiery, deadly bird using only her wits. In other words, an angel. Devon understands he must not get close to her, however, since they're professional rivals.
When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone else—for all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.
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India Holton. (2024). The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love. Penguin Publishing Group.
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"So riotously clever it almost defies description...an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony."—NPR
Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.
Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, stealing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.
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When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone else—for all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology. - seriesId
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Starting a new series about academics living in a fantasy Victorian England, Holton, who earned LJ Best Book nods for The Secret Service of Tea and Treason, blends adventure, romance, and ornithology--along with pockets full of humor, charm, jokes, and tea. Beth Pickering, a just-a-bit put-upon scholar hoping for tenure, is about to snag a coup--a rare deathwhistler bird--when out of the blue swings professor Devon Lockley, stealing the bird and stranding Beth on the far side of a ravine, without tea or a parasol in sight. Their paths cross again when he too is stranded at the start of a competition to capture the endangered caladrius bird and claim Birder of the Year victories--and tenure. Beth, now just a bit fed up, finds in Devon an unexpected ally. He is handy to steal a boat with, find a horse with, and slowly discover nefarious plans with. Devon finds in Beth nothing less than joy. VERDICT This isn't as rompy as Holton's earlier series, but it's gilded with much the same sensibility. Watching Beth and Devon navigate each other as they tromp across Britain, as all around them birders and press agents plot and plan, is a fun spree.--Neal Wyatt
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Putting a tongue-in-cheek twist on the enemies-to-lovers trope, Holton (The Secret Service of Tea and Treason) opens the Love’s Academic series on a gloriously madcap intellectual adventure tinged with a hint of whimsical fantasy. In 1890s England, socially awkward bluestocking Beth Pickering, a young professor of ornithology at Oxford, must cater to the whims of her male colleagues and the university’s wealthy donors. While on an expedition in Spain with Mrs. Hippolyta Quirm, a wealthy birding enthusiast, Beth runs afoul of handsome rogue Devon Lockley, an ornithologist from rival Cambridge University. The quarrelsome pair cross paths again when the International Ornithological Society launches a contest to name the International Birder of the Year—and sparks, and feathers, fly. Faced with scheming publicists, unscrupulous fellow bird lovers, and reality show levels of machination, the pair fly across countries via mechanized parasol to solve the mystery of a rare (and possibly mythological) bird, falling deep in love along the way. The charming supporting cast provides a zany counterpoint to what is ultimately a sweet, wholesome love story. Readers will find it an irresistible confection. Agent: Taylor Haggerty, Root Literary.
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Holton is back, this time with a new series, Love's Academic. The International Ornithological Society (IOS) announces a competition for Birder of the Year, offering money, and even better, tenure, to whomever captures the rare caladrius recently spotted in Great Britain. England's youngest professor, Beth Pickering of Oxford, is dead set on winning, but is constantly thrown together with her main rival: young Cambridge professor Devon Lockley, he of the strong forearms. A series of chases lead to encounters with several dangerously deadly magical birds, and various ruthless ornithologists force Devon and Beth into single-room accommodations while publicists turn them into a nineteenth-century media sensation. Wordplay runs rampant, from puns to double entendre to real if obscure words such as deliquiate and luteofulvous. When Devon says, "I'm prepared to continue twisting words and their meanings for as long as necessary," he sums it up neatly. The new series will delight Holton's fans and serve as a great place for readers who haven't yet discovered her to plunge in.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, stealing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.
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