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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
I received an ARC of this novel from BookSirens without obligation, this review is entirely voluntary.
This is the second in the Allen Abbey series of books by the author. In this book we meet again the now nineteen year old Margaret Blackburn who is just beginning her third London Season and her former neighbour William Allen, still recovering from life changing injuries suffered at Waterloo.
Their paths cross at a moneylender's parlour which leads to a renewing of their acquaintance and the beginning of a change of fortune for them both in ways neither was expecting.
Like the first book I really enjoyed this relatively short read, the writer has a good grasp of the period, manners and mood of the Regency. I found this fun, amusing and entertaining throughout. The hero and heroine sympathetic and likeable. High-spirited is often short hand for annoying, and suffering should read insufferable, not so here I'm pleased to say.
I will definitely read this author again.
This is the second in the Allen Abbey series of books by the author. In this book we meet again the now nineteen year old Margaret Blackburn who is just beginning her third London Season and her former neighbour William Allen, still recovering from life changing injuries suffered at Waterloo.
Their paths cross at a moneylender's parlour which leads to a renewing of their acquaintance and the beginning of a change of fortune for them both in ways neither was expecting.
Like the first book I really enjoyed this relatively short read, the writer has a good grasp of the period, manners and mood of the Regency. I found this fun, amusing and entertaining throughout. The hero and heroine sympathetic and likeable. High-spirited is often short hand for annoying, and suffering should read insufferable, not so here I'm pleased to say.
I will definitely read this author again.
With this being book two I was really excited to see a continuance from a different point of view. I wanted to get to know more about Margaret. This book gave me that, and the added bonus of getting to see the lovely William Allen again. He was a great side character in the previous iteration of this series.
William is coming back from being in the Napoleon wars, Margaret has been in society but is throwing social norms to the wind. She wants to be her own person, and creates a scenario that works best for what she wants and unexpectedly finds herself falling in love.
My only complaint about the storyline is that in both books something happens to both sisters and is foiled. while I'm glad both attempts are foiled, it was kind of disappointing to see such a similar situation in both books. All in all I really enjoyed reading this one as well!
William is coming back from being in the Napoleon wars, Margaret has been in society but is throwing social norms to the wind. She wants to be her own person, and creates a scenario that works best for what she wants and unexpectedly finds herself falling in love.
My only complaint about the storyline is that in both books something happens to both sisters and is foiled. while I'm glad both attempts are foiled, it was kind of disappointing to see such a similar situation in both books. All in all I really enjoyed reading this one as well!