War okay. Der Fokus aufs Alter der FMC (20J alt) hat mich gestört.. So kam mir sie teils zu jung und naiv vor im Vergleich zu ihm. Sein Verhalten wirkte auch teils etwas von oben herab. Ich fands auch schade, dass die Suche nach den eigentlichen Lovern so wenig thema war. Sie hat eigentlich nur im ersten Drittel nach ihnen gesucht und dann wars ihr mehr oder weniger egal, weil sie verliebt war. Das Ende war mir dann zu schnell. Seine Aktion, das Feuer zu legen, war uncool und die Auflösung und Versöhnung passierte sofort.. Alles in allem, netter Read, jedoch gefiel mir das Buch über ihre Schwester Minerva viel besser.

So, Charlotte is in a complicated situation and she decides to take fate in her own hands. This is how she goes and talks to Piers (in a room, only the 2 of them, in the middle of regency england) about her mother wanting to marry them, and reassuring that he will not hurt her feelings by saying no. Piers wouldn't have minded hurting her feelings either but they don't have time to settle things that things happen and Piers ends up having to propore to save Charlotte's reputation. Once again, a great book by Tessa Dare. Her historical fictions are always so on point and with so many original touches. I guess the reason I'm not giving this book 5 stars is that the main divergence point between Charlotte and Piers was the same as the last book : the guy is unable to love, so he'd only be able to give the girl a loveless match. And yeah, I guess having to read 2 books with the exact same trope back to back was a little tiring. Other than that, no complaints. The murder mystery aspect of the book was fun, I thought I'd cracked the code, only to think I ws wrong but to have been right in the end. Which means the book is really good. And the characters were very likable with Piers liking Charlotte right away but being in denial and Charlotte being too loyal a friend to imagine agreeing to Piers's idea.