Always the Chaperone
Emily EK Murdoch
2/5
This book was kind of disappointing for me. A lot of it didn't make sense historically and wasn't very satisfying even from a plot perspective. With historical fiction I feel like if you're sacrificing historical accuracy it should at least be a fun and dramatic plot, and if it's boring it should at least be historically accurate. To be neither was just a recipe for disaster.
Lady Charlotte is 35, firmly off the marriage market in England in the 1800s. As such, she's a respectable chaperone whom many young women rely on. She's obviously not satisfied with this lot in life but feels as though she can't do much to change it at this point. I don't really understand why she's not married, she didn't make a pledge not to marry like her brother did it seems like she just accidentally ended up in this position. She's the daughter of a duke, I feel like someone would marry her on that position alone. Maybe not another duke but like a baron or something at least come on. She wasn't described as especially ugly, ugly characters were obviously not allowed. It just felt like there was no justification for it.
Her romance with William was weak too. It was very insta-love, not a slow-burn at all. Considering she waited twenty years to get married you'd think she'd want to spend a little more time with him. And she asked to spend time with him and he was like marriage or I'm leaving Bath forever. He had no consideration for how she was feeling and the situation that she was in. I don't think that he ever really came to understand it either. He was just like I think you're desirable so you're desirable shut up and ignore everyone else.
Not a super enjoyable regency romance. It does get some points for being short enough that I was able to finish it without DNF but at like 180 pages it shouldn't have felt so long.
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