Series: The Worthingtons, #6
Tropes & Traits: bluestocking heroine; travel
Publication Date: 02.26.19
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; England, 1818
Rating: 3 stars
Lady Augusta Vivers is thirsty for knowledge, rather than marriage as most ladies her age are, and wants to go to university instead. She just has to convince her brother Matt, the Earl of Worthington, to agree. In the meantime, she must go through with her come out season to please her mother.
Lord Phineas Carter-Wood travels the world studying architecture and only plans to be in London for a month, just long enough to plan his next trip and to appease his brother, a marquis with four daughters and a growing concern over his lack of an heir. He is determined not to settle down and marry, but meeting the intelligent and multilingual Augusta has him rethinking a bit.
Each is interested in and drawn to the other, but both are leery of jeopardizing their European travel plans. Given their connection and shared interests, it's too bad neither is looking for marriage. But soon Phinn begins to really see the toll the lack of an heir is taking on his brother and sister-in-law and decides he really should marry and he doesn't want to miss out on his chance with a woman he'd be happy with. He just has to convince Augusta. But when she refuses him and leaves for Paris with her cousins, Phinn decides he must follow and try to convince her that he's the right man for her.
Rant and maybe spoilers begin here: The book began to drag on a bit for me towards the middle with the main characters just spending more time together without much really happening other than their travels. Augusta frustrated me in not being more honest with Phinn up front; if anyone would've supported her studies, it would've been him. They could've made up a plan together quite easily with more communication and less single mindedness. There were many scenes that served more as a bit of filler, albeit well-written and very well-researched filler, but didn't really do much to advance the plot. I began to get a bit frustrated with how often Augusta's superior intelligence is mentioned, because if she'd employed a bit more of that intelligence she would've realized Phinn did indeed love her. It was just hard to believe that someone so intelligent could be so naïve and unobservant. The apparent obsession gentlemen everywhere had with meeting her got a bit old too, although this device did at least serve to bring her and Phinn together more.
Really the whole thing just got a bit tedious and almost repetitive in her arguments against Phinn, then when she does start to notice him as a man, the first thing was that he has all his teeth. Honestly. I liked Augusta at first but the more time I spent with her the more she annoyed me. Overall, this was an extremely well-written and thoroughly researched book and the travel aspect was great, but the overall pacing and plot itself just fell a bit short for me.
Lord Phineas Carter-Wood travels the world studying architecture and only plans to be in London for a month, just long enough to plan his next trip and to appease his brother, a marquis with four daughters and a growing concern over his lack of an heir. He is determined not to settle down and marry, but meeting the intelligent and multilingual Augusta has him rethinking a bit.
Each is interested in and drawn to the other, but both are leery of jeopardizing their European travel plans. Given their connection and shared interests, it's too bad neither is looking for marriage. But soon Phinn begins to really see the toll the lack of an heir is taking on his brother and sister-in-law and decides he really should marry and he doesn't want to miss out on his chance with a woman he'd be happy with. He just has to convince Augusta. But when she refuses him and leaves for Paris with her cousins, Phinn decides he must follow and try to convince her that he's the right man for her.
Rant and maybe spoilers begin here: The book began to drag on a bit for me towards the middle with the main characters just spending more time together without much really happening other than their travels. Augusta frustrated me in not being more honest with Phinn up front; if anyone would've supported her studies, it would've been him. They could've made up a plan together quite easily with more communication and less single mindedness. There were many scenes that served more as a bit of filler, albeit well-written and very well-researched filler, but didn't really do much to advance the plot. I began to get a bit frustrated with how often Augusta's superior intelligence is mentioned, because if she'd employed a bit more of that intelligence she would've realized Phinn did indeed love her. It was just hard to believe that someone so intelligent could be so naïve and unobservant. The apparent obsession gentlemen everywhere had with meeting her got a bit old too, although this device did at least serve to bring her and Phinn together more.
Really the whole thing just got a bit tedious and almost repetitive in her arguments against Phinn, then when she does start to notice him as a man, the first thing was that he has all his teeth. Honestly. I liked Augusta at first but the more time I spent with her the more she annoyed me. Overall, this was an extremely well-written and thoroughly researched book and the travel aspect was great, but the overall pacing and plot itself just fell a bit short for me.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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