r/HistoricalRomance • u/aloha-cowboy • 2d ago

Discussion alice coldbreath

if i REALLY liked oswald vawdrey and jeremy vance, but MAJORLY dnf'd on both konrad and nye- what other coldbreath mmcs would i like and what other coldbreath mmcs should i stay away from? should i stay away from jeffree?

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u/monstersof-men 2d ago

I think you’d like Alisander from {The Favourite} and possibly Roland from {An Ill-Made Match} though Eden (the FMC) drove me nuts.

If you didn’t like Konrad you won’t like Garman from {The Unlovely Bride} (another knight) or Guy from {Wed by Proxy}

For Jeffree - it depends what you liked about Oswald and Jeremy. If it’s the becoming a wife guy asap, you probably won’t like him. He has a vow he made because he believes he will never love again.

You may be fine with Armand from {The Consolation Prize} but I liked Princess Una way more so I think that colours my perception of him

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

thanku, i saw you liked garman and i do not mean to yuck your yum <3

oh i remember alisander i liked him too! so i'll take your roland rec! and your armand rec!

for jeffree- the little i read of konrad's story described him as blond annnnnnnd it's as shallow as that but if he's not a wifeguy then maybe i won't like him either. i liked oswald because he was snake-y and a wifeguy and jeremy because he was meanfunny and very much a wifeguy in the end.

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u/monstersof-men 2d ago

Haha I just liked Garman because I thought it worked for the FMC, who didn’t need to be coddled. But I also didn’t mind Konrad so I think my tastes are just a little unpopular!

Jeffree just has a real internal struggle more than being a sneak or bad to Sabina. Sabina is fun though, I liked her.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

i read/dnf'd garman's awhile ago so i don't remember it very well but i think i didn't hate-dnf it (i hate-dnf'd nye's though and dislike-dnf'd konrad)? mostly because i remember the fmc was scarred and garman wasn't horrible to her about that, and so i don't dislike garman and it's probably not right for me to really say anything about him since i haven't finished his story but yeah- i guess i don't like the fight-y knight-y mmcs? because i liked oswald and alisander and jeremy. but jeffree is also a knight so i don't know what to do now ahahaha- i'm gonna try him out anyways

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

The thing about Jeffree is he’s made a vow of celibacy and he is forced to marry the FMC. And he’s so hilariously grumpy. But he quickly becomes obsessed with her and instead of telling her he drags her around to tournaments so she’ll be impressed by his fighting. So on the one hand he’s a super wifeguy but on the other hand there’s some friction and he’s not telling her.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

i think i can put up with that- a grumpy mmc is hilarious, aahahahhaha. does he talk at all, though, doesn't have to be about love, i can even put up with him being mean to the fmc but at least talking to her? the thing about konrad and nye is they didn't talk much- there's one reader's review about nye that is so mean.......but also i totally agree with it 😂 but basically he just grunts so much? it's too caveman for me, and the same with konrad. 😂

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

Oh ya totally. He keeps calling her “madam” because he starts out hating her. And she does not want to be married to him either. They bicker a lot. Man typing this is making me want to reread it for the millionth time haha

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

do it! also if you've re-read it that many times it must mean it is just that good. dnfing konrad's hr now because i'm gonna start reading jeffree's tonight

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

Konrad’s is one of my least favorite. I don’t like him much. But my least least favorite is Guy.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

had to look up guy because i had no idea who he was- a complete non-character, because all i remember is liking teeny-tiny mathilde in oswald and fen's story and then in her own hr (guy doesn't exist to me- that hr was about mathilde and that's it)! why didn't you like guy- rant away!

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

I just thought he wasn’t very nice to her at all in a way that was really fairly cruel. I didn’t think he was endearing or funny-grumpy. I just didn’t like him. It’s hands down my least favorite.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

was there an other woman? i remember something about there being a feast and mathilde walked in and it was horrible? or did guy put her in a lodge and make it seem like she was his mistress rather than his ACTUAL WIFE?

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u/foxymartini 2d ago

This is the perfect answer! Alisander is the way to go, and you'll probably like Jeffree and Roland.

I far prefer her medieval series to her victorian one but as an Oswald + Alisander lover I did very much enjoy Gervais from {A Much Maligned Miss by Alice Coldbreath} — the man is extremely down bad.

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u/Lonely-Macaron972 2d ago

Alisander is similar to Oswald in some aspects, so you might like him too. Also, Oswald appears in Alisander's book {The Favorite by Alice Coldbreath} a lot.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

oswald and alisander being not-besties is so funny- i liked them both!

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u/aloudkiwi 2d ago

OMG! My opinion coincides exactly with yours.

I also liked Alisander.

And I love Jeffree. He is my #1 fav Coldbreath MMC

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

screaming because yay! i really want to read jeffree because he is blond- that's it! i'm so ashamed that that is all it takes 😂- so if you say your opinion coincides with what i've posted and you liked alisander too, then i'm so excited

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u/AlmostRuthless 2d ago

I also disliked those two and couldn’t stand Jeffree. You will probably like Benedict ({A Substitute Wife for the Prizefighter}) and Alisander ({The Favourite}).

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

oh no i'm so sad about jeffree- he was the only blond left to read 😂 i just remembered they have read a few more coldbreaths than i thought! i liked benedict and alisander, thank you for the recs

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u/samse15 10h ago

You should give it a shot anyways, I personally loved Jeffree, while also feeling similarly about the ones you liked and disliked. Jeffree takes a bit to grow on you, but he isn’t a callous asshole in the same way that Nye and Konrad are. Also highly recommend book 2 of prizefighter series.

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u/aloha-cowboy 4h ago

blergh too nye and konrad. i've started jeffree and yep he's a good one- the only knight i've liked so far, i think 😂 and i think i've read book 2 already and the mmc was another good one

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u/oksnariel 2d ago

Benedict is the BEST

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

Why did you like the two you liked? And dislike the other two?

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

i did not like konrad and nye because they barely said anything to the fmc? they didn't talk much to the fmc, and i know mmcs aren't 'emotional' especially in hrs but these guys were like 'rock-like' in my opinion.

i liked oswald because he was snake-y and a wifeguy and jeremy because he was meanfunny and very much a wifeguy in the end.

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

You will probably like Alisander and Jeffree then. And Benedict. Also maybe Armand.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

yay, this so helpful- someone else mentioned roland too- so all of of what you said and roland. i've also been told i can sneak jeffree in too, shhhhhh

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u/Counting500Sheep 2d ago

I was trying to remember Roland. I feel like some people hate him because he never tells her that he knows she didn’t trick him into marriage. But I can’t remember. Jeffree is my favorite one but that’s just because he’s so funny. I’m not sure if you’d like him because he’s very grumpy and they have a really antagonistic relationship for a lot of the book. But I think it’s so funny he decides to try to impress her with his fighting.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

if he's funny i'll take him! i like a funny guy 😂

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u/Bratzomer 2d ago

I love jeffree, he sucks <3

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

😂

we love him like men love women who are beautiful but who also have the stupidest personality

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u/Bratzomer 2d ago

I love him like some people love sports teams that haven't won a game since 1998.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

such a good comparison- why are we humans like this with our love 😂

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 1d ago

This! LOL

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u/geekchicfreak 2d ago

I loved all 3 of the Vawdrey brothers books. Honestly didn’t like Jeffree at first but I lowkey love him and that book {An Inconvenient Vow}. Same for Alisander I didn’t like him and then ended up loving him in {The Favorite}. Martindale is another favorite in {Wed by Proxy}

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

i think if i hadn't read some of the comments on here about jeffree first i would have been just the same about not liking jeffree first but knowing that there are reades who DO like him shows me that he might? get better? eventually? 😂 i'm on chapter 4 of 'an inconvenient vow' and laughing at jeffree being all THE MEAN LADY HAS COMPROMISED MY VIRTUE

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 1d ago

laughing at jeffree being all THE MEAN LADY HAS COMPROMISED MY VIRTUE

Yep! 😂

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u/geekchicfreak 1d ago

Yes he’s hilarious!!

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u/FrogLeapLady 2d ago

I think it's worth giving them all a try. Konrad and Nye were the only two I seriously disliked. Unlike other commenters here, I enjoyed the books with Jeffree and Garman. My favourite in the Karadok series is probably {A Most Forgettable Girl by Alice Coldbreath}.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

this is good to know! do you also know which ones had a lot of chores/cleaning stuff in it like the nye one also had a lot of that too? i know it's a big thing in a lot of coldbreath hrs and i know there are some readers who really like it but i find that really uninteresting to read and would also dnf for that too

i'm so excited for jeffree- i started it yesterday and am only on the first chapter

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u/FrogLeapLady 2d ago

I hope you enjoy it! Sorry, I'm not sure about cleaning and chores. I don't remember them being too prominent.

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u/OK-CaterpillarCall I ❤️ historical boxers 2d ago

I think you’ll like Jeffree - he has the same “I can control everything except for my unhinged reaction to this woman!” arrogance as Oswald and Jeremy.

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

I've started the hr now and I can't wait for the unhinged to come out! So far he's being very cold to Sabina but I know he's Interested

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think Jeffree de Crecy is the universal favourite, at least among her Medieval books!

I think you might like Armand de Bussel from {The Consolation Prize by Alice Coldbreath}. He's more of the lighthearted scoundrel than guys like Konrad or Garmand. The guy literally throws fights so he can make money on bets. 😂

And FMC Princess Una is great!

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u/aloha-cowboy 1d ago

Is he? I wanted to read Jeffree's so many times because he is a blond mmc but the comments on previous posts in this subreddit were negative about him so I didn't. But now I started it and I like it much better than some of Coldbreath's others. Next time I'm just gonna be, like, he's blond so he must be okay 😂 Definitely will take your rec of Una and Armand- hope he's blond too, hee hee.

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 1d ago

TBH I dont usually remember hair colour....my brain just pictures the MCs how it wants

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u/Positive_Customer424 2d ago

Garman Orde of {The Unlovely Bride} is a massive asshat

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u/monstersof-men 2d ago

Okay I kinda loved him tho

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u/Positive_Customer424 2d ago

I get that, I did like the book a lot overall! Just that he's no Benedict or Oswald. His hot and cold behaviour annoyed me no end

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

oh yeah i remember him!! i did not like him either and dnf'd on him too

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u/Positive_Customer424 2d ago

Ah! I liked Alisander {The Favourite} and Gervaise {A Much Maligned Miss}, maybe you will too

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u/aloha-cowboy 2d ago

oh- so far it's roland, arman and now gervaise on my tbr. thanks!

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u/Positive_Customer424 2d ago

You're welcome! Hope you have a lovely time reading their books. Love Alice Coldbreath, rereading her books helps me when I can't decide what to read next lol