All the Painted Stars

Name: All the Painted Stars
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Emma Denny
ISBN: 9780008686628

Author: Emma Denny

Series: The Barden Series #2

Narrator: Farrah Cave, Kristin Atherton

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 11/05/2024

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq+, Historical Fiction, Fairy Tales & Legends, Fantasy

Synopsis

'Tender and gallant…Beautiful and romantic' Ashley Herring Blake ***** To win her heart, she'll have to fight… Winner of the RNA's Popular Romantic Novel Award 2025. Oxfordshire 1362 When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it. Disguised as a knight, she infiltrates the contest, preparing to fight for Jo’s hand. But her conduct ruffles feathers, and when a dangerous incident escalates out of Lily’s control, Jo must help her escape. Finding safety with a local brewster, Lily and Jo soon settle into their new freedom, and amongst blackberry bushes and lakeside walks an unexpected relationship blossoms. But when Jo’s past catches up with her and Lily’s reckless behaviour threatens their newfound happiness, both women realise that choices must always come at a cost. The question they need to ask is if the cost is worth the price of love… 'Heartbreakingly tender' 'A delightful friends-to-lovers slow burn romance' Readers are LOVING 'Amazing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I ' 'I'd this book' Perfect for fans of Freya Marske, Alexis Hall and Casey McQuiston.

Reviews

Goodreads review by bookishcharli on March 06, 2024

I’m here for all the historical sapphic romances and this one is possibly my favourite one of the of year so far. I loved every second of this book, I mean how could I not when I got to watch Lily and Jo go from friends to lovers so beautifully. Add in some knights (and a fake one), jousting and med......more

Goodreads review by Jordan Fischer on January 13, 2025

Oh my goodness, I LOVED this book! I'm a big fan of Emmy Denny's first book, One Night in Hartswood, so I was really looking forward to All The Painted Stars. It's just so different from what I normally read - I don't feel like there's a ton of medieval historical romance out there, much less with a......more

Goodreads review by Gabriella on August 01, 2025

4.25 stars. Sooo cute, sweet, and fun!!......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on April 11, 2025

A medieval romance starting with a tournament to berry picking, swims in a lake, and beer crafting. There was lots of yearning, a SLOWWW burn, AND it’s sapphic. Yeah I absolutely loved this. I usually cringe a lot at the dialogue in romance novels, especially during smut scenes (sorry that’s just me......more

Goodreads review by Paula on June 23, 2025

This book started with Sappho's fragment 31 and ended with happy lesbians brewing beer and building a home together. What more could you want? And I insist, knight x princess/queen/noblewoman is one of the best wlw tropes. Please, someone write more books like this.......more

Quotes

' is wonderfully romantic and heartbreakingly tender. I wanted to stay in Emma Denny's world for another thousand pages' 'Tender and gallant, this story was everything I wanted in a knightly tale. Beautiful and romantic' 'A delightful friends-to-lovers slow burn romance. I absolutely loved meeting Lily and Jo, watching them explore their feelings, find their voices, and discover what happiness can truly be like!' PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR ‘ is a thrilling, heart-stealing historic romp and achingly romantic’ ‘Road trips and secret identities…a beautifully thoughtful and deliciously sweet romance about getting lost in order to find oneself. I loved every moment spent with Penn and Raff’ ‘A beautiful love story and journey of longing until your heart is torn apart and rebuilt’ ‘A heart-wrenching, spellbinding love story, and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to find out if Raff and Penn would get their happy ever after’ ‘ is an utterly bedazzling novel, a compulsive page-turner rich in historical detail, and a heart-stopping debut romance’ Readers LOVE Emma Denny ‘Beautiful, endearing and completely stole my heart from the very beginning’ ‘This book is EVERYTHING!! I cannot explain how much I loved it’ ‘I absolutely love this book’ ‘This was the queer historical romance I didn’t know I needed!’