I enjoyed the first historical retelling of Penny Reid’s Knitting in the City series more than I expected and was excited to read this one too! I don’t read a ton of historical romance books, but the first one in this series as well as of course Bridgerton have made me think I need to do more of that. What I love the most about this is comparing it to the second book in the KITC series to see what was kept kind of the same, and what was changed to fit the time period and just to make it into its own story. Since it had been a while since I’d read the one this was based off of, I kept guessing as I went through on what would be the same and what would be changed to fit the time period or just to make it into its own story.

This had so many great things about it. I wondered for a bit if we might be getting a different type of illness for Angelica, one that maybe was being caused on purpose, so I liked the way the author fed us the info to find out what was causing her breathing problems. Although I kind of wondered earlier in the story if it was what it was and was surprised it ended up being that! One thing I noticed that I’m also assuming was changed in the finished copy is that they kept alternating between the spelling of Nicolas and Nicholas towards the end of the book.

But now I’m just eager for the third book and to see where the author will take the next character from KITC books and make her story “new”.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.