A review by ithiliens
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh

4.0

My start date isn’t correct because I forgot BUT in any case I enjoyed this a lot. I don’t have much to say other than I loved all the warm family dynamics with the Westons as with the previous book (though I skipped the second for now). What was most remarkable to me though is that this is one of the few HR books I can think of with a genuinely anxious heroine. I often roll my eyes when heroines are described as wallflowers etc but don’t have any real shy characteristics—of they do, but they disappear pretty quickly. I loved that Wren was written so sympathetically and that she had so much support from her new family, and that her attempts at coming out of her shell were always portrayed as courageous. Overall very enjoyable.

Warning for references to past (emotional/verbal) child abuse.