The Siren of Sussex

I honestly hadn't read the blurb before going into this book. It had just be recommended to me by Goodreads. So I was very pleasantly surprised to find the male lead to be a dressmaker of Indian origin.

I love period romances, and this one had a very intriguing premise and characters. I found the two leads to be quite interesting- a dressmaker of Indian origin and a woman whose passion is riding horses. She's in London, for the season, and decides to enlist Mr. Malik - the aforementioned dressmaker - to make habits and later even dresses for her.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the discussion on identity, that of an Indian origin man in London during the Victorian era.

I believe this book sets up a lot of interesting threads that I hope would be broached in the sequels. I am definitely going to pick up the next book at some point.

Gave it six chapters and it was just so dull. No spark of interest. Then enter spiritualism as a “fad” (which it was, but it's creepy at best and I have Issues with having demon summoning on page) and I'm done. Not worth my time on an overcrowded TBR.

I've liked Mimi Matthews before but this one's not for me.