This book was fun and ridiculous and everything I hoped it would be, with a surprising amount of darker twists too.

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The most important thing in a romance book is, of course the Big Romance, and these two delivered. Penn and Raff are clearly made for each other, and rooting for them over the course of the book was so much fun. I felt the ups and downs of their relationship in real time, and even though the Happily-Ever-After felt pretty contrived at the end, you couldn’t help but be grateful for it. (Side note: creating genuine HEAs in LGBTQ+ historical fiction is always going to be tricky, so although I had my head in my hands I commend the author for her valiant effort!)

Perhaps quite fittingly for a queer story, the theme of ‘identity’ is a strong one – not just the mistaken identity plotline (which was executed brilliantly at the start but just went on a tad too long in my opinion) but the characters also finding their own identities and places in the world. It added a nice dimension to the story and gave us some very satisfying character arcs.

All in all this was a fun read, and delivered exactly what it said on the tin.

I received a free copy for review. All opinions are my own.