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marylinfurumasu's review
5.0
Why won’t anyone believe her? Things just keep getting more and more difficult for Gillian. Who can she believe and who will help her?
This book is full of suspense, twists and turns, and moments of grief for our heroin. Can she hold it together and finally find out what’s really going on?
I truly enjoyed this book! There was moments where I couldn’t put it down and moments where I wanted to scream “watch out” to the characters in the book. There were also tender moments of romance, yet you never actually knew if it was just a ploy.
This book had my heart pounding at times with all the action and drama.
Sandra Byrd genuinely has a way with words and brought the 1800s into full color for us. I loved all the descriptions of all the balls and costumes they wore during this time. Oh what fun it would have been to attend one of those events.
I honestly loved this book and highly recommend reading it. I received this book from the author to read. All opinions are my own.
This book is full of suspense, twists and turns, and moments of grief for our heroin. Can she hold it together and finally find out what’s really going on?
I truly enjoyed this book! There was moments where I couldn’t put it down and moments where I wanted to scream “watch out” to the characters in the book. There were also tender moments of romance, yet you never actually knew if it was just a ploy.
This book had my heart pounding at times with all the action and drama.
Sandra Byrd genuinely has a way with words and brought the 1800s into full color for us. I loved all the descriptions of all the balls and costumes they wore during this time. Oh what fun it would have been to attend one of those events.
I honestly loved this book and highly recommend reading it. I received this book from the author to read. All opinions are my own.
reader_fictions's review
4.0
4.5 stars
I am so totally vindicated in picking up a random Christian fiction book three. Yes, this book does have the same stupid flaw of a character turning out to be an angel sent to help the heroine (the book finally explained what was going on), and I’m ignoring that mostly, because this book was so great. I’ve liked each book more than the one before it. A Lady in Disguise is shippy and cute and awesome.
With each progressive book, the subject matter has gotten more lighthearted. The first was straight up Gothic, and they’ve gotten lighter and more bantery with each book. Obviously, if you’re really into Gothic fiction, you’ll like book one the best, but I like Gothic more in theory than in execution typically, since it’s generally not a great place for ships.
Byrd continues the trend of having an atypical romance heroine. Gillian Young, though heir to a Hampshire estate, is in a weird between state, because her Lady mother married a copper and worked as an actress. Gillian’s too high for the lower classes and too low for the upper crust. She doesn’t mind, though, because she loves the theater and her work as a costume designer, making ball gowns for the season and costumes for the Drury Lane Theatre Royal. I loved the bits about the theater and even about costuming. This would make such a great film; I’d love to see the costumes she made.
From the very beginning, I was all about this ship. One thing I like about the Byrd books is that her heroines are, in a chill, historically appropriate way, lusty. Gillian meets Lord Lockwood, and she’s like OH HEY. She finds him a bit presumptuous at first, but part of her wants to lock that wood down. They have such excellent banter and they flirt in Shakespeare and there are some AMAZING little moments where they touch each others hands that were so fucking passionate.
The mystery is probably the weakest of the bunch, since I called very early on what was going on. You can tell my priorities though, since this was still my fave. It was predictable, sure, but I still think it was thoughtfully done and well-constructed. I’m a romance reader, and I don’t mind predictable, as long as it’s not in an eye-rolling sort of way.
So there you have it. Christian fiction can be good (as long as you ignore the interventions of god in some things that are generally not particularly relevant to the larger plot). Also, FYI, if you like the sound of some of them but not others, this series is total standalone companions; nothing interconnects between them at all.
I am so totally vindicated in picking up a random Christian fiction book three. Yes, this book does have the same stupid flaw of a character turning out to be an angel sent to help the heroine (the book finally explained what was going on), and I’m ignoring that mostly, because this book was so great. I’ve liked each book more than the one before it. A Lady in Disguise is shippy and cute and awesome.
With each progressive book, the subject matter has gotten more lighthearted. The first was straight up Gothic, and they’ve gotten lighter and more bantery with each book. Obviously, if you’re really into Gothic fiction, you’ll like book one the best, but I like Gothic more in theory than in execution typically, since it’s generally not a great place for ships.
Byrd continues the trend of having an atypical romance heroine. Gillian Young, though heir to a Hampshire estate, is in a weird between state, because her Lady mother married a copper and worked as an actress. Gillian’s too high for the lower classes and too low for the upper crust. She doesn’t mind, though, because she loves the theater and her work as a costume designer, making ball gowns for the season and costumes for the Drury Lane Theatre Royal. I loved the bits about the theater and even about costuming. This would make such a great film; I’d love to see the costumes she made.
From the very beginning, I was all about this ship. One thing I like about the Byrd books is that her heroines are, in a chill, historically appropriate way, lusty. Gillian meets Lord Lockwood, and she’s like OH HEY. She finds him a bit presumptuous at first, but part of her wants to lock that wood down. They have such excellent banter and they flirt in Shakespeare and there are some AMAZING little moments where they touch each others hands that were so fucking passionate.
The mystery is probably the weakest of the bunch, since I called very early on what was going on. You can tell my priorities though, since this was still my fave. It was predictable, sure, but I still think it was thoughtfully done and well-constructed. I’m a romance reader, and I don’t mind predictable, as long as it’s not in an eye-rolling sort of way.
So there you have it. Christian fiction can be good (as long as you ignore the interventions of god in some things that are generally not particularly relevant to the larger plot). Also, FYI, if you like the sound of some of them but not others, this series is total standalone companions; nothing interconnects between them at all.
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