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That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole
3.5
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I genuinely don’t know if it was the narration— which I thought was good, but could have contributed— or my mood, but this one read sort of dry to me. I think because it’s a novella and a lot of their courtship happens in letters that we don’t get to read, I wasn’t really invested in the romance. Also this might read better to someone who is super into Hamilton? It immediately made me think of it, but I didn’t even catch that the title was a reference. I do know it renewed my annoyance in the epilogue of the musical where all of Eliza Hamilton’s accomplishments during her entire life post-AH’s death were chalked up to being in his honor.