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Jilly Cooper

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Bowednotbroken · 29/03/2023 21:32

I've had a few Jilly books on my kindle for a while now - since they were 99p each on Amazon! Missing - Polo. Does this affect the story arc? Is it worth the £3.99 current price?! Any thoughts appreciated.

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ChessieFL · 29/04/2023 13:11

No, Riders is first, then Rivals and then Polo.

JosieOhNo · 29/04/2023 12:34

Is Polo the first one?

SoftCoeur · 29/04/2023 09:38

Goodiewhemper · 29/04/2023 09:19

I bought Polo on a Kindle daily deal a while back and am waiting for Rivals and Riders to come down in price. As a sci-fi/fantasy and historical fiction fan, they are not what I would usually read but a friend has highly recommended them and promised I won't regret a thing 😉

They are loads of fun. I didn't think they'd be my cup of tea either. I normally read sci-fi or horror with a bit of literary fiction.

But I love the Rutshire chronicles!

Goodiewhemper · 29/04/2023 09:19

I bought Polo on a Kindle daily deal a while back and am waiting for Rivals and Riders to come down in price. As a sci-fi/fantasy and historical fiction fan, they are not what I would usually read but a friend has highly recommended them and promised I won't regret a thing 😉

JosieOhNo · 26/04/2023 21:49

Do you know, you've just made me realise I've never read any Jilly Cooper! I can't think why, it's right up my street. I might have to download some!

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Bowednotbroken · 26/04/2023 21:45

Thanks everyone for your thoughts - apologies for the delay in noticing anyone had commented... Blush

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piperatthegates · 02/04/2023 19:01

Gunpowder · 02/04/2023 18:53

Rivals is coming to Disney+!

I'm excited for this (might have to sign up for a trial of disney+ 😂). The cast looks brilliant.

devildeepbluesea · 02/04/2023 18:55

I think you need Polo.

You won’t regret it, it’s such fun. Love Jilly.

PussBilledDuckyPlait · 02/04/2023 18:54

It wasn't one of my favourites but if you're going to read it, it's best read in order - as others have said, there are spoilers for the main plot points in later books.

Gunpowder · 02/04/2023 18:53

Rivals is coming to Disney+!

vestanesta · 02/04/2023 18:52

I love Polo, second only to Rivals. Perdita is such an awful bitch.

TheOtherBennetSister · 02/04/2023 10:04

OMG I've only just noticed that they live in Rutshire. RUTshire 😅

ChessieFL · 31/03/2023 05:56

There are references in later books to characters and events from Polo so you will get spoilers if you read the later ones first. Depends how much that bothers you really. You don’t have to read Polo to understand what’s going on in later books though.

JaneJeffer · 30/03/2023 15:30

I loved Polo. It was my favourite of the Rutshire books. Maybe wait until it gets reduced?