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A review by elizabethlk
Sweet Deception by Heather Snow
4.0
I enjoyed Sweet Deception almost as much as I enjoyed Sweet Enemy. The Veiled Seduction trilogy is one that I found immensely refreshing with its well researched ideas of history, science, and politics. This is a novel and a trilogy I would recommend to fans of historical romance looking for a feeling of research and believability while still maintaining the sweetness of a romance novel.
Derick's role as a spy is no new concept, not for historicals, not for romances, not for fiction in general. It still managed to feel fresh however, and his feeling of unworthiness added a lot to the believability of his character. Emma's devotion to her role in the community, her devotion to mathematics and criminology, made her intensely likeable in my opinion. Emma is a woman out of her time who seems to still fit perfectly within her time. The concepts that Snow has included and adapted for this time in history are fascinating and it made the writing feel even more real because of it.
Together the characters worked well and had a sweet love story. The romance never suffers at all for the sake of the research that the author included.
I enjoyed this novel and the trilogy as a whole a great deal and I really hope that Heather Snow releases more work.
Derick's role as a spy is no new concept, not for historicals, not for romances, not for fiction in general. It still managed to feel fresh however, and his feeling of unworthiness added a lot to the believability of his character. Emma's devotion to her role in the community, her devotion to mathematics and criminology, made her intensely likeable in my opinion. Emma is a woman out of her time who seems to still fit perfectly within her time. The concepts that Snow has included and adapted for this time in history are fascinating and it made the writing feel even more real because of it.
Together the characters worked well and had a sweet love story. The romance never suffers at all for the sake of the research that the author included.
I enjoyed this novel and the trilogy as a whole a great deal and I really hope that Heather Snow releases more work.