A Delicate Deception

I actually really, really loved this book. Which is a relief considering my feelings on the previous two in the series. This rating is probably a little higher than the book truly deserves - but it gets that rating because I relate to Amelia so much. I see so much of myself in her anxiety - and even a little in the way she handles it. Because of this, around the halfway point, I hated her a little. I think I'm harsher than I should be on people who share personality traits with me that I don't consider positive.

That being said, I do like both Amelia and Sydney and I like them together. Their romance is built on light things. Yes, neither of their lives are perfect or simple, but they bring out the best in each other and do it with jokes and laughter. It's nice.

I'm also very glad that all that rubbish from the first two books with the heroine not wanting to marry but the hero wanting to so of course they do wasn't in this book. So very, very glad.

I would like to add that with everything that is going on in my life right now, this book was not as much escapism and much more wish fulfillment than expected. Or wanted. Truly, I wish I could escape to the country and spend my days writing inaccurate historical novels and taking solo walks. God, I'd jump at that chance.

Finally, this book is very, very queer. Both leads are bi, there is a gay secondary character and an aro/ace secondary character. (And likely another gay secondary character, but at the very least one that is attracted to the same gender.)