This felt like a pretty standard heyer novel for the most part and as such was fun and easy to read. It's definitely not her best book but a decent Sunday read. As you read it becomes clear there're two possible endings and in my opinoin the wrong one was chosen.

the idea that a man and a woman could be lifelong friends without romance I found quite powerful in the heyer world, but it was blown to hell when they got together at the end

the book is a good read overall but lost some marks at the end.