If you are the type of historical romance reader who enjoys the quieter, cleaner stories, this is right up your alley. However, having said that, I do still feel it's a very good debut book and deserves a read. I don't believe it deserves such effusive raves and have noticed that several of the reviews are from friends of the author. There are lots of 5-star ratings for this book and comparisons to Jane Austen's work. All the characters here are as complexly good and bad as individuals are in real life, so Sophy's marriage choice between her upper-class cousin Alisdair and her "Cit" neighbor Tom isn't as clear-cut as it would be in a less subtle story with one or the other of the suitors being a bit of a jerk.
So this is the story of Sophy growing up, learning to live as best she can in the ton, reaching marriageable age and being pulled in two directions by her father and stepmother's wishes and the wishes of her own heart. Sophy is integrated into the family fairly painlessly, although the truth of her birth keeps her on an unequal footing in society. There are no histrionics from anybody about a "by-blow" being brought into the house. When her mother dies unexpectedly, 10-year-old Sophy is taken to live in her father's house with his two legitimate children and his wife. It's a quiet story about the illegitimate daughter of an English peer, the result of an affair when her mother was governess in the lord's household. No one is 100% good or 100% bad and the story lacks the exaggerated villains or villainesses that one can often find in historical romances. Soon she’s caught in her own snare-and it might just be a noose.(This was a free download for Kindle.) This is a pleasant read, with pleasant, well-drawn characters. Mistaking Sophy for the genuine article, he takes her in.
Injured, soaked, and shivering, she stumbles to a stranger’s door-Tom, a blunt edged merchant from a family of vulgar upstarts. Sick of her outcast role, she escapes her father’s house, only to fall from her horse during a spring storm. It's not a big problem, unless you are one. Bastards are inconvenient and best ignored.
Daughters in limited quantities are fine so long as they are pretty. They should have a son and if it can be managed, he should be handsome. Good English families all have a house in the country with a deer park, a trout stream, and an army of gardeners. Overview: First love is like the measles-a hot rash one is stronger for surviving.
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