There were parts of the book that I believe could have been developed more. Disappointed but otherwise an ok book.

I’m not sure if this was supposed to be romance or mystery but either way it wasn’t very good.

The main characters are idiots. Interesting story idea but the main characters fumble through simple investigations with idiotic character assumptions. I’ve never read a more dull and simple minded female protagonist

This was a frustrating book to read. The author made it nearly impossible to like Charles, and Eris’ personality was flat. The story was just dragged out and it was hard to get through each scene. There were also a lot of things in the book that didn’t fit or make sense. After the duke died, there was no mention of who inherited his title, money, etc. It was 1825, but Eris was marrying the duke at 35 years old?! Other than seeing a lady’s maid at the beginning of the book, no other valets or lady’s maids seemed to be around. Many other details and situations were “off.” I struggled to get through this book!

During the first several chapters, I was very annoyed—sure that a major blowup would happen and the book would be waaay too obvious. I kept reading to find out whether I was wrong and somehow things would work out. Very glad I did. They worked out even better than I’d hoped.