{"id":29857,"date":"2023-02-01T07:47:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=29857"},"modified":"2023-02-01T07:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:48:04","slug":"review-the-davenports-by-krystal-marquis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/review-the-davenports-by-krystal-marquis\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Davenports by Krystal Marquis"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29857\" data-postid=\"29857\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29857 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_o9fz606 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_2n19606 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_i7it606 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis.jpg?resize=331%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29858\" title=\"the-davenports-krystal-marquis\" alt=\"the-davenports-krystal-marquis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis.jpg?w=331&amp;ssl=1 331w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis.jpg?resize=400%2C604&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9n7x606 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it&#8217;s 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love\u2014even where they\u2019re not supposed to.<br \/><br \/>There is\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\">Olivia<\/span>, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\">Helen<\/span>, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love\u2014unless it\u2019s with her sister\u2019s suitor.\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\">Amy-Rose<\/span>, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business\u2014and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen\u2019s brother, John. But Olivia\u2019s best friend,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\">Ruby<\/span>, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can\u2019t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">else\u00a0<\/span>wins hers.<br \/><br \/>Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Davenports\u00a0<\/span>is the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life\u2014and love.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_001v606 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t2sd606  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=146%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 31, 2023<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Dial Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>YA? More like New Adult Historical Romance.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">First up, a friendly reminder that sometimes I\u2019ll pick a book to review based on a blurb or a title. Sometimes a cover. I like finding new-to-me authors and believe in keeping my horizons open. I was floored after finishing this read to discover it categorized as YA because the ladies and gentlemen in this story slide more into the New Adult world vs. YA. Let me say that New Adult historical romance isn\u2019t really a thing, so I don\u2019t hold that against this book. End my momentary soap box moment.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s talk about what I liked \u2013 the setting, the characters, the families, and the year 1910s Chicago (yes, please). Give me more about a wealthy Black family making their own way and their children, plus friends, who are trying to navigate their own path in a complicated world where everyone should belong you don\u2019t always because of one circumstance or another. It was a refreshing and completely different historical take that I got whisked away by in fantastic ways.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">How did the whisking occur? I got invested in four young women who are trying to figure out who they are and where they belong amid familial, societal, and world-at-large expectations. That\u2019s something anyone, from any background or social class, can get behind. There are also so many characters I loved reading about. From the British businessman, the biracial maid from the Caribbean, the biracial banker from Louisiana, the activist lawyer from down south, the daughter of predominant Black family running for mayor, and even the rich daughter with a secret habit of working on cars. Bonus points to me wondering what\u2019s in store for Tommy, the stable worker\/driver, and his venture out to California. This story gave me Downton Abbey feels that I could easily escape into. <strong>Olivia, Helen, Ruby,<\/strong> and <strong>Amy-Rose<\/strong> have so much life, and I could see a bit of myself in each one of them.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Now I know what you\u2019re thinking, four points of view, that\u2019s a lot. I thought the same thing at first. How would I keep up with four different viewpoints? There were times I wished Marquis had provided each of these women with their own story, though the storylines intertwine cohesively. I was able to enjoy each woman\u2019s story, even as I craved more time inside their heads. I will say what keeps this rating from higher than a 3.5 is the ending.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s not that everything was awful, but I finished the book feeling unfulfilled. Three of the four women\u2019s futures are uncertain&#8230; to be honest, I\u2019m not confident the one resolution is truly set in stone. It was a giant cliffhanger with no immediate resolution in sight, and while I am eager to know how things turn out for all four women, my gut churned when I couldn\u2019t get any more pages.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you want historical romance with a sweet bent, a New Adult-style setting, and a chance to fall in love with some fabulous characters, you can\u2019t go wrong with The Davenports. Note the heartbreak that might ensue when you reach the cliffhanger ending. There are no comp reads, as Marquis is forging a new path for historical YA\/NA romance, and I\u2019m interested to see where it goes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_cncz606 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3wNqMkW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3RpFqZ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis\/1141407164?ean=9780593463352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-davenports-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Krystal_Marquis_The_Davenports?id=rMJtEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,128,48],"tags":[148,535,537,238,307,536,534],"class_list":["post-29857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landra","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","tag-3-5-stars","tag-aa-romance","tag-dial-books","tag-diverse-romance","tag-historicals","tag-teen-romance","tag-ya-historical-romance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love\u2014even where they\u2019re not supposed to.<br \/><br \/>There is\u00a0Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter,\u00a0Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love\u2014unless it\u2019s with her sister\u2019s suitor.\u00a0Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business\u2014and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen\u2019s brother, John. But Olivia\u2019s best friend,\u00a0Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can\u2019t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone\u00a0else\u00a0wins hers.<br \/><br \/>Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family,\u00a0The Davenports\u00a0is the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life\u2014and love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 31, 2023<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Dial Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>YA? More like New Adult Historical Romance.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">First up, a friendly reminder that sometimes I\u2019ll pick a book to review based on a blurb or a title. Sometimes a cover. I like finding new-to-me authors and believe in keeping my horizons open. I was floored after finishing this read to discover it categorized as YA because the ladies and gentlemen in this story slide more into the New Adult world vs. YA. Let me say that New Adult historical romance isn\u2019t really a thing, so I don\u2019t hold that against this book. End my momentary soap box moment.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s talk about what I liked \u2013 the setting, the characters, the families, and the year 1910s Chicago (yes, please). Give me more about a wealthy Black family making their own way and their children, plus friends, who are trying to navigate their own path in a complicated world where everyone should belong you don\u2019t always because of one circumstance or another. It was a refreshing and completely different historical take that I got whisked away by in fantastic ways.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">How did the whisking occur? I got invested in four young women who are trying to figure out who they are and where they belong amid familial, societal, and world-at-large expectations. That\u2019s something anyone, from any background or social class, can get behind. There are also so many characters I loved reading about. From the British businessman, the biracial maid from the Caribbean, the biracial banker from Louisiana, the activist lawyer from down south, the daughter of predominant Black family running for mayor, and even the rich daughter with a secret habit of working on cars. Bonus points to me wondering what\u2019s in store for Tommy, the stable worker\/driver, and his venture out to California. This story gave me Downton Abbey feels that I could easily escape into. <strong>Olivia, Helen, Ruby,<\/strong> and <strong>Amy-Rose<\/strong> have so much life, and I could see a bit of myself in each one of them.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Now I know what you\u2019re thinking, four points of view, that\u2019s a lot. I thought the same thing at first. How would I keep up with four different viewpoints? There were times I wished Marquis had provided each of these women with their own story, though the storylines intertwine cohesively. I was able to enjoy each woman\u2019s story, even as I craved more time inside their heads. I will say what keeps this rating from higher than a 3.5 is the ending.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">It's not that everything was awful, but I finished the book feeling unfulfilled. Three of the four women\u2019s futures are uncertain... to be honest, I\u2019m not confident the one resolution is truly set in stone. It was a giant cliffhanger with no immediate resolution in sight, and while I am eager to know how things turn out for all four women, my gut churned when I couldn\u2019t get any more pages.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you want historical romance with a sweet bent, a New Adult-style setting, and a chance to fall in love with some fabulous characters, you can\u2019t go wrong with The Davenports. Note the heartbreak that might ensue when you reach the cliffhanger ending. There are no comp reads, as Marquis is forging a new path for historical YA\/NA romance, and I\u2019m interested to see where it goes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3wNqMkW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3RpFqZ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-davenports-krystal-marquis\/1141407164?ean=9780593463352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-davenports-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Krystal_Marquis_The_Davenports?id=rMJtEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29857"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29870,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29857\/revisions\/29870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}