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A review by afunnygirlnamedannie
His Mistress by Morning by Elizabeth Boyle
4.0
This was a very interesting book. It follows Charlotte, who is given a ring from an aunt. Unknown to her it has magic, and when she wistfully looks at Sebastian, her best friend's brother, who she has been in love with for years, thinking if only I could be the woman he loved, she gets transported to an alternative reality where she is the most notorious mistress in all of London (Lottie) and Sebastian is madly in love with her.
This was a very gripping read. I tried to keep with the chapters that were laid out by the readathon, but I found myself wanting to know more and finishing it after the second night. It was interesting how Lottie was so different to Charlotte, given that they were the same person with different experiences. I loved how Charlotte took Lottie back with her when she came back to her timeline and used some of the tools that she learned to help Sebastien of her timeline fall in love with her. I loved the diversion of tropes and romance structure that happened with this book. I loved how everything tied together and how because of her time as Lottie, Charlotte was able to make her own happy ending.
I didn't enjoy the undercurrent of judgement that was found with some of the women's choices. Charlotte spends a lot of her time as Lottie, judging Lottie's choices, judging Finella's choices, with a very I would never additude. There is also a lot of judgement from Sebastien's mother and Sebastien about Lottie's money. Sebastian is more than willing to take Miss Burke's money but scoffs at taking Lottie's money. And then when we come back to the original timeline there is a lot of judgment from Miss Burke, and her mentor about the fact that Charlotte exists and has the audacity to question their judgement. It really gave me mad at the individual women instead of the patricary vibe, which I wasn't here for. I also wanted more with the magic. Why did it exist? Who were Quince and Milton? Why were they fighting over the ring? I need to know!
But overall an buck wild romance experience and I am considering picking up the next book.
This was a very gripping read. I tried to keep with the chapters that were laid out by the readathon, but I found myself wanting to know more and finishing it after the second night. It was interesting how Lottie was so different to Charlotte, given that they were the same person with different experiences. I loved how Charlotte took Lottie back with her when she came back to her timeline and used some of the tools that she learned to help Sebastien of her timeline fall in love with her. I loved the diversion of tropes and romance structure that happened with this book. I loved how everything tied together and how because of her time as Lottie, Charlotte was able to make her own happy ending.
I didn't enjoy the undercurrent of judgement that was found with some of the women's choices. Charlotte spends a lot of her time as Lottie, judging Lottie's choices, judging Finella's choices, with a very I would never additude. There is also a lot of judgement from Sebastien's mother and Sebastien about Lottie's money. Sebastian is more than willing to take Miss Burke's money but scoffs at taking Lottie's money. And then when we come back to the original timeline there is a lot of judgment from Miss Burke, and her mentor about the fact that Charlotte exists and has the audacity to question their judgement. It really gave me mad at the individual women instead of the patricary vibe, which I wasn't here for. I also wanted more with the magic. Why did it exist? Who were Quince and Milton? Why were they fighting over the ring? I need to know!
But overall an buck wild romance experience and I am considering picking up the next book.