![]() Another plus for the story was the secondary characters of Stokes and Griselda. It was very interesting to see the poor side of things, and not just spend all the time in the ballrooms. Sure, I still had to put up with a couple society soirees, but I really liked the East End setting. I also really liked how SL gave us a very welcome change of scenery. I find myself to be the type that likes kids as characters in romances, so the whole orphan house, and the kids were interesting. It wasn't too easy to figure out, and it was interesting. But she was too bossy for my liking, too demanding, too keen on doing things her way all the time. No awkward, shy, unpopular heroines allowed in these books. She did have good qualities, she was brave and independent and smart, and of course, this being a Cynster-connected novel, she was a deft hand at the social whirl and ton stuff. When we met her before in a previous book, she was an interesting character, so I was rather hoping for better from her. I didn't hate her, or avidly dislike her, but she had her moments where she just aggravated me. It almost could've been, except Penelope kinda just didn't do it for me. I was really hoping for a new fave in the series. Plus the whole mystery aspect, and his investigating. He's charming and clever and cute (but still manly of course) and all that good stuff. I really liked Barnaby a lot in all of his previous appearances. Whe 3.5 Stars! I was super excited to get to this one in our series read. 3.5 Stars! I was super excited to get to this one in our series read.
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