A review by labyrinth_witch
Viscount in Love by Eloisa James

emotional funny reflective fast-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

4.0

This first installment captures the difference between what it means to love someone and what it means to respect someone, asking the question “how can I love them if I do not respect them?” Featuring a heroine unable to read (not dyslexia, I think, but an inability to recognize letters) and a hero who had the softness mocked out of him. The entire cast provides a different perspective on strangeness and finding those who love you as you are in your strangeness. No fabricated drama, but two characters misunderstanding each other and exorcising the ghosts of other people’s voices in their heads and echoing from their mouths in anger. A relatable story, one which all of us can recognize ourselves within. A beautiful author’s note admonishes readers to consider their own words carefully when spouting epitaphs of “fool” or “idiot” or “ill-bred.”