The Harlot's Press

Not sure if I am being a bit harsh, think I'd give it more of a 2.5. It was okay but I don't think it will be staying with me for that long and I found it quite hard to concentrate on, kept having to read over parts I'd already read. Depiction of the heroine and the first person narration was alright, but she wasn't that appealing. In fact, none of the characters were that appealing or memorable. I thought the ending was a bit strange, particularly the sudden romance. And I have to say, considering the book was written by a historian it didn't really read as completely authentic. I'm not calling myself an expert, I've just read quite a lot of books either set in the period or written in the period. Just little details like somebody talking about the Scarlet Pimpernel (fictional character from a series of books which were published in 1905 appearing in a 19th century novel?), or having a bath with taps in a brothel in 1820? It sort of reminded me of a 99p Kindle novel.