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Set in Regency England, Infamous follows Eddie and her relationships with a wildly unique and diverse group of friends. Eddie is a wonderful delight and oblivious main character. She's actively the picture of a young twenty-something trying to make herself in a world, where women aren't allowed to be writers or truly members of society. Her best friend, Rose, decides she has to get married and this absolutely sends Eddie into a tizzy, for what appears to be no reason. Eddie goes on to meet the infamous and charming poet Nash Nicholson, and is persuaded by his charm that he will help Eddie break through in the publishing world. It's a tale of trust and failure, love and chosen families. In the end, there is only one infamous author and a queer love story.

Lex Croucher has such a way of writing that the audiobook narrator is truly phenomenal. Croucher's ability to tell these stories keeps having me come back to read every one of their novels. Their delight and style is unique and honestly one of my favorite authors of the decade. I hope that one day Croucher is beyond infamous for their writing and is acknowledged and supported across the world.

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ralub's review against another edition

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challenging emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

elainsworth2002's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

asimpson7's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

At first I wasn’t too sure about this book. But the more I read the better it became. I also really liked the ending, it just felt right.

However I cannot believe that Nash published Eddies book and she never got any credit it for it. I suppose I am as bad a judge of character as Eddie. But hers and Roses relationship was so cute, I really liked how it progressed and that Rose knew she was gay all along and Eddie ended up realising it so much later. I found it quite funny when things started to become clear to her as she was being very naive. I also like that this book was quite diverse for being set in the past where it wouldn’t have been accepted. It makes this book different and stand out and I liked it.

Overall, this was a good book and I would recommend.

Edit: I just started reading reputation, which is another book by this author and it made me think back to what I thought of this book. So I came back to what I rated it and felt it was slightly too high, because I liked this book but at the same time I also found it slightly boring. Therefore I have lowered the rating from 4.25 to 3.75. This feels right to me now because this book didn’t leave a lasting impression of it being amazing, I just kind of remember just wanting to finish it because I was kind of bored and wanted to read my next book. Although I stick by the fact that it got better towards the end.

cimzim's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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