3 of 5 stars
I usually love Ms. Hoyt's book, but this one has left me
with mixed feelings. The beginning starts out with a bang with Freya de Moray,
a Wise Woman, helps a young woman and her infant son escape a ruthless
brother-in-law. During the escape, they jump into a ducal carriage. The owner
turns out to be none other than a childhood friend, Christopher Renshaw, the
Duke of Harlowe. We learn that Freya detests Harlowe for a scandal that
happened when Chris and Freya's brother Ran were 18 years old. Now 15 years later,
Freya still harbors an intense hatred for him.
The premise for the book held such great promise, but it
took most of the book to learn Freya's role with the Wise Women and what the
scandal was about. There's still an underlying mystery to the scandal that was
never solved so I suspect it will be the underlying theme in the series.
Harlowe's PTSD with small spaces add more mystery and we don't learn why until
3/4 of the way in the book. I'm glad I kept reading until the end, but even
then, I was disappointed that there was so little explanation for some of the
overarching plot points.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and
honest review and was not obligated to leave a review.
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