A review by shadypinesma
The English Wife by Lauren Willig

4.0

Another entry in the dual timeline historical fiction oeuvre. It has a murder (or is it a murder?) mystery, a romance, a woman finding her voice and sense or self separate from an oppressive upbringing, an aristocratic Gilded Age setting, conflict between performative propriety vs expansive authenticity, and all of the other expected tensions. These are rarely all-time favorites for me but have a high hit-rate as satisfying and enjoyable reads, and this book is no exception.