I can say I didn’t like this book as much as the first. I don’t know exactly why but I feel it’s due to the book taking so long to get going! I also struggled a bit to remember the previous books events which made the task of understanding some plot elements a bit harder, which may have decreased the rating a bit (my own fault that).

Thomas was delightful I really like this character, Audrey however...I have mixed feelings. She really does spend sooo much time complaining about how she’s perceived and thinking about how “against society” she’s being. We really don’t need the constant remainder honestly! It got a bit repetitive and I was getting a bit bored of her dialogue at some points, so much complaining. She is lovely in other aspects though and I can’t say I hate her! The romance was cute in this book and is something I’ll be looking forward to seeing develop in later books. One thing about Audrey though...stop bloody complaining about your corset girl!! Stop!!

The writing of these books, despite me getting a little lost at times, is impeccable. The research and such that goes into these books must take so so long, they’re so well written in the historical aspects and they’re really informative and quite educational. I enjoyed all the historical and medical aspects of the story and how to my knowledge accurate to the time period they were! The writing good, the pacing a bit sketchy at times is what brings this down from a 4 for me. Alas, I did enjoy myself and I did read it within 24 hours!