Where had this woman come from? Her voice was made of steel and her dignity, unbreakable. Reading women’s pain, anger, and triumphs never fails to hit me in the gut and heart. The author doesn't shy away from how crappy women had it and forces the reader to understand what those laws financially and emotionally do to women. With the laws in place during the 1860s, our heroine Jane has no autonomy and has her life and money controlled by her uncle after her parents die. Why I ended up giving this three stars (solidly liked it) is all due to just personal taste.Īnd so, in the very act of communicating an opinion, she had committed the egregious offense of insisting on her humanity.Īgain, why I read romance typically written by women and for women, are the underlining tones of women's personhood and how they have fought for it over the years. The story structure, characters, and how Duran interweaved them all together was just plain great story telling. I didn't catch a connection to other books in this series but if you read Duke of Shadows, two names (Duke of Auburn and Lockwood) are going to be familiar to you. First off, I just want to say, I could weep for how well written this was.
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