A review by goingmissing
Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole, Rose Lerner

4.0

This was absolutely delightful! It's a collection of three novellas and they were all lovely in different ways, and linked together through their varying interactions with the battle of Yorktown and having come into contact with Hamilton either themselves, or through family. There were excellent tropes and diversity and 2/3 stories were about queer characters.

My favourite was In Pursuit Of... because it was joyous and included wonderful quotes such as:

Oh, Henry thought. Oh. That’s what this is. It was… Friendship, but warmer. Care, but with a softness to it. It was a journey shared, coming closer to the end with every day.

“I don’t know what to say to you except this,” John murmured. “You have not been frivolous to me. You have been the foundation on which this journey is built. You have been necessary.”

There's also a lot of cheese in it. LOTS OF CHEESE. And boys being idiots in love.

By far the best Hamilton-related fiction I've read so far. There are some really interesting historical notes at the end of the book with background on the inspiration for the characters, which I found really added to the experience for me.

I've already purchased another Courtney Milan book to try out some more historical romance :D