Read between: 25th June-3rd July
Published: 4 July 2024
Publisher: Aria
Rating: πππ
Review:
Thank you to the author and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book before publication date (Tomorrow!). I'll admit this book was really slow to start and sometimes I just didn't want to pick it up. However, I didn't give up and lots of exciting plot points happened which made the book much more interesting.
The main character, Cressida, is married to a Lord, but they're estranged after she travelled in war zones, helping the soldiers- not something a woman of high society should be doing. She was very cold towards him and it just seemed that it was going down the hate to lover trope- however as they are still married there was still some romance between them, in their own way. That was nice to read.
She wasn't my favourite though.
The story is set in the regency era, and I did love how the author described the dresses and outfits and their fabrics. I could really envision them in my head.
I did enjoy the story, but some scenes I felt seemed really random and didn't really affect the story- there were flashbacks but they weren't clear so I got confused!
All of the characters seem very real, and this is probably due to the inclusion of real historical characters such as Lord Byron being featured. At one point I had to google the characters to see if this historical fiction was based on anything- it isn't, but you wouldn't believe that it isn't.
Overall, once the story picks up it is a good romp, there's adventure, and romance, and drama.
Usually historical fiction is my thing but this one fell short in places.
3/5 stars.
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