I enjoyed this particular collection of short love stories, as I did with all the other anthologies where Julia Quinn is involved. I don't believe I have read anything else by the other authors but after reading this I wouldn't be opposed to it. The framework of the stories aligning up with each line in the nursery rhyme was an interestng choice as well, and I didn't even notice this until a character in Guhrke's story pointed it out.

Overall I thought the stories were well paced and did a fine balance of getting enough of a plot to give a full story in a shorter form. My only real feedback is with Guhrke's story, while enjoyable, seemed too ambitious for a shorty story/novella. Something like that would have been fantastic in a longer format since the ending of the story was a bit antic-climatic, rushed, and borderline unbelievable that they would have resolved their issues like that. It all still came together and I still liked it but the ending left me wanting more of a resolution than was given.

I also enjoyed how long standing the friendship between the four women were since there are not a lot that stand up to that test of time. While small that part set well with me as well since, rather than it being a collection of stories that were connected through a family member or event, it was a collection of stories connected by their friendship and a vow they made involving an older sixpence. Would recommend.