I love a good historical romance and I’m coming to really love the ones that are more progressive. I was so excited when I received this arc from Entangled Publishing (thank you thank you), but I did find it harder to finish than I expected.

I’d rate this 3.5 stars but I rounded up. I enjoyed the characters immensely but I found the plot to be somewhat lackluster. It had sparks of greatness and I have very high hopes for more stories from other characters!

Our main characters are your typical first book in a series characters. Not the best ones, but the ones who lay the foundation. The siblings, the Earl’s friends and Lady Louisa are the characters I’m dying to read more about, and to see more about what happens with Annabelle’s house (a refuge for women). This is I believe a Victorian Era romance based off of clues in the story, but it’s not solidly established which leaves you somewhat adrift at times in terms of setting.

Anyways this sounds like I didn’t enjoy it but I very much did!