My dislike for this book is partially my own fault. When I read the synopsis on the back of the book, I only read the first half. The first half was all about Louise being strong willed and independent and rebellious, so different from her siblings. This sounded great to me so I picked it up. The second half is all about the romance and is most of what this book is about. She's less wild than she is kind of horny and hooking up with a couple of hot commoners.

This book is, first, a romance. That is the main plot and the main focus of the story. I thought this was more about Louise individually so I had very wrong expectations going in and I don't tend to enjoy romances like this. It was very 'big strong manly man rescues swooning damsel' and I cringed a lot. Not for me. If that kind of thing is more for you, you would probably enjoy this a lot more right off the bat. Again, my bad for not knowing more going into this, but I also feel like the fact that this is a straight romance should have come up earlier in the synopsis. (And there's nothing about romance or even a reference of the romantic hero in the goodreads synopsis. It mentions her marrying a commoner which like, technically true, but he's very gay and uninvolved.)

There was also an assassination plot of Queen Victoria which was so melodramatic and poorly done. That could have saved the book for me since I was less interested in the romance, but that part of the story was so flat and underdeveloped. I think it existed solely to make the romantic hero look like more of a badass by saving the day.

Not impressed, but also I'm not the intended audience so it's kind of hard to judge. If this is your kind of thing, you might think it's fabulous. I have no idea.