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rednikki's review
3.0
This book gazes with an unflinching eye at the many ways in which upper-class women had no control over their lives in the early 1800s. Unlike many, many Regency romances, it also acknowledges the necessity of servants to maintain an upper-class lifestyle, in that the existence of those servants are mentioned and the characters are often conscious that they do not want "the help" to overhear what they are saying. In those ways, this book is much more realistic than many Regencies.
It's the sort of book I should have been all over, but for some reason it never quite touched my heart. I am frustrated because I can't quite explain why it didn't. There's a few places where it could have had better editing, such as paragraphs where the same adjective or noun is repeated several times. But by and large it's well-written, with good plotting. I wish I knew what was missing for me so I could point it out!
It's the sort of book I should have been all over, but for some reason it never quite touched my heart. I am frustrated because I can't quite explain why it didn't. There's a few places where it could have had better editing, such as paragraphs where the same adjective or noun is repeated several times. But by and large it's well-written, with good plotting. I wish I knew what was missing for me so I could point it out!
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