What the fresh hell is this book. DNF.
Dysfunctional and cruel marketed as humorous. I couldn't feel sorry for the heroine who was really the author of her own demise for being the same as her future mother-in-law who she despises, a neurotic pathological liar. She listens to her dumbass friends who all hate, nay, resent her fiance because his wealthier than them and one of them is an internet conspiracy theorist who hates dentists. This same nitwit who she HATES but still takes sides with and listens to about her relationship. This woman is a dummy. I'm not a fan of reading about dysfunctional relationships existing long past their prime. Just fucking break up, already. Roll credits.
I did not read the first book in the series but this was easy to pick up and dive in without feeling like I missed something. If anything, this book made me want to read the first and see how Chase and Minerva's story unfolded. Anyway, in this one we meet the space case that is Kevin Radnor, god bless him. He's presented as a brilliant man but I wanted to clobber him over the head with a chamber pot. Rosamund was a lovely heroine however and I felt like we got more insight into why she did the things she did. I also felt that in the grand scheme of historical romances, this one was a bit more realistically written in terms of how the two main characters related to each other, and I appreciate that.
Ok did NOT expect this to be my favorite in the series. Nya is so relatable and that adage “you dream too big, girl” I felt that in my shundo. Johan was just as complex and angst ridden as I came to expect after his appearances in the previous books but that surprisingly didn't make him less lovable. This was my favorite book I read this month.
I was provided a copy of this book to review thanks to NetGalley.
That said! I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It had more depth than I have come to expect from historical romances. Georgie was likable and a true romantic at heart but not a pushover. I enjoyed Gavin's suffering as he fought his love as well. This was my first book by this author and I'll be sure to check out her other work.
Man I dunno the comments about the lead character's skin color made me uncomfortable as all hell but I also hate when brown people are referred to as mahogany? Might just be me as a POC. Anyway it wasn't badly written but... there are some parts I couldn't get over and found myself rolling my eyes a lot. I'll try the next book in the series. Maybe I'll be less annoyed if they're both just regular white people and I don't have to be on edge about the story.
Also the mystery in this book? Solved in one paragraph. I legit laughed out loud.