abookishmagpie 's review for:

Isabel and The Rogue by Liana De la Rosa

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This second installment in the Luna Sisters series was an excellent follow up to the first! I’ll admit I almost pushed this off a bit since the first one for me was good, but not amazing and I am so glad I didn’t listen to myself. For me this one was a nearly perfect read and I was kicking my feet and blushing through so many scenes. Our leads in this one are the middle Luna sister, Isabel, and the rogue about town, Captain Sirius Dawson. Isabel has always been the quiet wallflower who most overlook, which works for her seeing as she can escape most events to find the library and enjoy the company of books, or as of late the chance to sneak around to find any crumbs of news about the French military and their plans for her homeland of Mexico. Captain Dawson works for the Home Office wooing widows and wives of high ranking men in the ton to garner and whispers of important knowledge the government should know. It also happens that Sirius can’t help but be drawn to Isabel as he catches her a few times in the act of not-so-carefully snooping. Isabel wants to hate him, but can’t explain some of the feelings she gets when she looks into his eyes. Again we have a more slow burn like in the first novel, but the spice and excellent banter is there and I couldn’t stop giggling when they were bickering and pushing one another. The background history interwoven into the story was fascinating as well and I am so happy the author makes that a priority in this series. I definitely recommend this and am now anxiously awaiting the third book for Gabby’s story!