A review by omegabeth
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

2.0

It was a slow and tedious enough start that I nearly DNF’d it, but it did improve a bit. It is only ‘historical’ in the sense that it’s not modern-day, but it is not anchored to specific external events. I found the characters flat—you don’t make people multi-dimensional by giving them adventurous pasts. The interactions between Flo and Lady H are performative: oh, look at our camaraderie! We’ve lived such interesting lives that the current social conventions no longer apply to us! Aren’t we just too smug?

The plotting was sloppy with coincidences, the denouement in satisfying, and the kicker manipulative. I will not be continuing the series.