This was a really enjoyable sapphic historical romance! I liked that the characters were actually mature adults (34 and 42) with their own lives and their own complex backstories. I enjoyed the actual romance. I appreciated that there was some racial diversity in the supporting cast, cause this genre tends to be very white. 

But I think my favorite thing was the focus on historical queer community and the ways in which queer people have always managed to find each other and form bonds, whether those bonds are romantic or sexual or platonic. That’s another thing that I don’t see often enough in books, but especially not in historical romance.

This one wasn’t as political as I personally might have liked to see, but there were some good and interesting conversations about power and privilege.

There were definitely also some issues. The title and cover art are quite frankly embarrassing. It’s an indie book, and the writing wasn’t always super consistent. And the historical accuracy was pretty poor in some very distracting ways when it came to things like the characters’ hairstyles and clothing.

But I still very much enjoyed the book overall and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a sapphic regency romance!