Book Review
Aug. 17th, 2023 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Hellion's Waltz
by Olivia Waite
This romance was pretty good, if not my favorite of Waite's. It's a historical that's sapphic, pro-labor, and features a heroine who's a musician. Sophie Roseingrave is a pianist and composer who has recently moved to the mill town of Carrisford with her family after their piano business was ruined by a con artist. Maddie Crewe is a ribbon designer and weaver who is plotting her own con to bring down Mr. Giles, a fabric merchant who regularly cheats and exploits the local weavers.
This novel was fun but a little lacking in depth. Maddie and Sophie are great characters and awesome people I would personally love to hang out with. However, their relationship happens very quickly, and I generally like a slower burn. They are a good team, but there is a slight lack of swooniness. The swindle plot is lots of fun and carried out in the service of labor rights. I really liked that the characters were working class and were shown actually working their jobs, too.
by Olivia Waite
This romance was pretty good, if not my favorite of Waite's. It's a historical that's sapphic, pro-labor, and features a heroine who's a musician. Sophie Roseingrave is a pianist and composer who has recently moved to the mill town of Carrisford with her family after their piano business was ruined by a con artist. Maddie Crewe is a ribbon designer and weaver who is plotting her own con to bring down Mr. Giles, a fabric merchant who regularly cheats and exploits the local weavers.
This novel was fun but a little lacking in depth. Maddie and Sophie are great characters and awesome people I would personally love to hang out with. However, their relationship happens very quickly, and I generally like a slower burn. They are a good team, but there is a slight lack of swooniness. The swindle plot is lots of fun and carried out in the service of labor rights. I really liked that the characters were working class and were shown actually working their jobs, too.
