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A review by perilous1
Sensibly Wed by Kasey Stockton
4.0
A sweet, slow-burn, cozy historical romance. (If Jane Austen would have written a book exploring a marriage-of-convenience trope, I'd expect it to feel very much like this.)
For those who enjoy reading about Regency England's high society--particularly those more interested in the mental and emotional chemistry of a romance (rather than gratuitous sex scenes.) Stockton's prose is both competent and pleasant. The pacing was steady yet unhurried, and tension is pretty low throughout--in terms of both external conflict and the internal turmoil for our sole POV heroine.
Felicity isn't a terribly memorable MC, being almost purely a bookworm riddled with crippling social anxiety. But thankfully she IS feisty enough with her words, and with recognizing when she needs to stand up for herself, that she's not entirely boring. She also has the benefit of being dutiful and faithful. Though she finds herself very abruptly married to the brother of a man she had hoped to court--who she honestly had far more in common with in terms of interests--she makes an immediate point of NOT entertaining any thought of him beyond brotherly affection. (Though I don't think that thought process was wholly mutual.)
Something was going on with the goddaughter of Felicity's new mother-in-law, but the conflict there was pretty peripheral. (I'd wager it's a plot thread for an entirely different but vaguely interconnected book.) So if you like family-based historical series, this one could be right up your alley.
For those who enjoy reading about Regency England's high society--particularly those more interested in the mental and emotional chemistry of a romance (rather than gratuitous sex scenes.) Stockton's prose is both competent and pleasant. The pacing was steady yet unhurried, and tension is pretty low throughout--in terms of both external conflict and the internal turmoil for our sole POV heroine.
Felicity isn't a terribly memorable MC, being almost purely a bookworm riddled with crippling social anxiety. But thankfully she IS feisty enough with her words, and with recognizing when she needs to stand up for herself, that she's not entirely boring. She also has the benefit of being dutiful and faithful. Though she finds herself very abruptly married to the brother of a man she had hoped to court--who she honestly had far more in common with in terms of interests--she makes an immediate point of NOT entertaining any thought of him beyond brotherly affection. (Though I don't think that thought process was wholly mutual.)
Something was going on with the goddaughter of Felicity's new mother-in-law, but the conflict there was pretty peripheral. (I'd wager it's a plot thread for an entirely different but vaguely interconnected book.) So if you like family-based historical series, this one could be right up your alley.