And the winner of the Starchiest Dork Award goes to.. David, Viscount Tregaron 😆

This was a delightfully lighthearted and earnest novella. There was such a low-angst silliness to the Darcy-ish snub of our heiress heroine Mary, such an air-headed awkwardness to our snobby viscount David, that I was having a good time. Though the vibes were more ‘chuckle’ than ‘swoon’.

It was a short, fairly instalove-y prequel, free with a newsletter. What I appreciated most was the introduction to this author’s unique narrative voice. And I’m a sucker for an awkward drawing room moment—of which there were many!