Beguiling the Beauty

I can't even sum up why this book is so great. There's lush, gorgeous language, interesting people, tragedy, comedy, veils, parasols, mysterious accents, blindfolds, great food, gorgeous people, gorgeous clothes, museums, fossils, an ocean liner, character development, bitterness, tenderness, an awesome stepmother, long conversations, hot sex, and an underlying belief in the basic goodness of people.

I have the same problem reviewing you as I do Courtney Milan. As in, do I really have the temerity to criticize such an amazing writer? Apparently the answer is yes because while Beguiling the Beauty was beautifully written, I wasn’t feeling the romance. This may be an “it’s not you, it’s me not liking the masquerade trope thing” but at the end of the book, I hadn’t been convinced of the HEA.