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ameliabee33's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This was such a good 👏 debut 👏 novel 👏 There are themes of betrayal, acceptance of love and self, and of course a capture/daring escape scene- and what more could you want from a historical romance? Roses in Red Wax also brushes on the mistreatment of the workers in cotton mills, specifically exploitation of child labor, as well as the forced exodus of the Scottish from their homes to make way for "improvements".
Jane Stuart is unsure if she can accept Percy's love after she has lost everything, her love, her home, her apple trees that she worked so hard on. When Percy Sommerbell, a rake who unwillingly inherits his father's industrialist empire, wants a temporary dalliance with Jane to distract him from the horrible truth about his source of income, Jane finds herself reluctantly drawn to his charms. But how can Jane let herself love and be loved in return, when it feels like a betrayal to who she was? Percy wants a distraction to what weighs heavy on his mind and heart, nothing serious, but Jane has a way about her that makes him think things are not going to be as fleeting has he first planned.
Things I liked:
▪︎Jane's special interest in apples and botany
▪︎Musical vocab
▪︎The scene where Jane confronts her feelings for Percy and has that moment w/ her deceased husband and accepts that she can love again and everything is going to be okay I sobbed like a baby I was a mess 😭😭💕
▪︎He literally bought her a house
▪︎Percy actually doing something with his position of power to provide better working conditions and getting kids out of the mills
▪︎Kingcup yellow
Like I mentioned before, this was an excellent debut novel. I will definitely be rereading and finding more things that i enjoy to highlight and underline. Thank you to the author for an eARC, all opinions are my own! You can find this book March 3 :)
Jane Stuart is unsure if she can accept Percy's love after she has lost everything, her love, her home, her apple trees that she worked so hard on. When Percy Sommerbell, a rake who unwillingly inherits his father's industrialist empire, wants a temporary dalliance with Jane to distract him from the horrible truth about his source of income, Jane finds herself reluctantly drawn to his charms. But how can Jane let herself love and be loved in return, when it feels like a betrayal to who she was? Percy wants a distraction to what weighs heavy on his mind and heart, nothing serious, but Jane has a way about her that makes him think things are not going to be as fleeting has he first planned.
Things I liked:
▪︎Jane's special interest in apples and botany
▪︎Musical vocab
▪︎The scene where Jane confronts her feelings for Percy and has that moment w/ her deceased husband and accepts that she can love again and everything is going to be okay I sobbed like a baby I was a mess 😭😭💕
▪︎He literally bought her a house
▪︎Percy actually doing something with his position of power to provide better working conditions and getting kids out of the mills
▪︎Kingcup yellow
Like I mentioned before, this was an excellent debut novel. I will definitely be rereading and finding more things that i enjoy to highlight and underline. Thank you to the author for an eARC, all opinions are my own! You can find this book March 3 :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Violence
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