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A review by books_ergo_sum
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
adventurous
emotional
tense
4.0
Yes. I, Amanda, notorious hater of all romance subplots spy and heist related, enjoyed this heist-y spy book.
Even weirder (for me), this wasn’t a case of ‘the romance plot was so good + the spy subplot was okay enough, and that = four stars.’
Nope, because I found the the romance plot pretty medium. When I hear Civil War era interracial romance between two spies—one posing as a Confederate soldier, the other posing as a mute slave—my mind goes to some ‘against the odds’ on-page falling in love, even slow burn territory… but it was so instalove-y? I feel robbed.
The characters were great, I loved how forbidden the romance felt, I enjoyed the mess of the ‘watching them flirt with other people in public’ (for spy reasons) jealousy, and… am I going to say it? I liked the heist-y spy plot (she also writes thrillers, so maybe that explains it?). The audiobook was good too.
So, the overall rating was brought up, not down, by the spy plot stuff? And pigs fly, apparently.
Even weirder (for me), this wasn’t a case of ‘the romance plot was so good + the spy subplot was okay enough, and that = four stars.’
Nope, because I found the the romance plot pretty medium. When I hear Civil War era interracial romance between two spies—one posing as a Confederate soldier, the other posing as a mute slave—my mind goes to some ‘against the odds’ on-page falling in love, even slow burn territory… but it was so instalove-y? I feel robbed.
The characters were great, I loved how forbidden the romance felt, I enjoyed the mess of the ‘watching them flirt with other people in public’ (for spy reasons) jealousy, and… am I going to say it? I liked the heist-y spy plot (she also writes thrillers, so maybe that explains it?). The audiobook was good too.
So, the overall rating was brought up, not down, by the spy plot stuff? And pigs fly, apparently.