The Duchess War

It was only okay. Milan's writing style was only okay for me. I love historical romance novels set in the UK, so the fact that Milan writes those, she gets points from me. I also liked that she attempted to set this story in the mid -1860's English industrial factories reform era... that was different. However, I didn't feel like I was really in the time period of the book. The language Milan had her characters use was wholly unbelievable for me. Yet at the same time, I did enjoy the characters she created.

,,,I thoroughly enjoyed the book but found some of the terminology jarring. No matter how Minerva was brought up, as a virgin, I find it hard to imagine at that time for her to say C--K out of the blue, when she hardly knew the man.. Also other words that jarred, made it sound too modern and out of it's time. Minerva had twelve years of living with spinsters and had relearned how to behave and had succeeded in becoming a mouse. It just didn't fit with who she was within the period. Saying all that though..... It was still worth the read. They are minor niggles but worth mentioning I think.

This book started out alright. It was a little rediculous that a smoldering goddess existed under a spectacles-wearing, plain dresses miss. I eventually couldn't venue finish this. I made it 2/3 of the way through and gave up on this book making any sense.