Prelude for a Lord

At first it took me a number of chapters to really get lost in this. There were a lot of details to sort through, and even though I was quite interested, it didn't make it to the top of my priority list for a bit.
And then things really started happening. I fell right into the tale at about 25% in and didn't resurface for hours. I loved Alethea (she was quite the brave lady for her time, daring not only to play violin, but especially to make a friendship with her half sister...and still she was feminine and winning.) And then there was Dommick, who struggles to readjust to society after the war, but is drawn to Alethea anyhow and gets actually forced to spend time in her company, even when he doesn't think there's any real danger.
I want more of this. I'm excited to see what happens next with the friends, and I hope very much that Dommick and Alethea play a large part in the subsequent stories! :)
As a violinist, I very much appreciated the deep musical detail in the book. It's always a pleasure to read a story where the author actually knows the emotions of the main characters' occupations, rather than simply giving them something to do.