I’ll admit, Lilith had me worried in the beginning. She is just as bullheaded as her brother Sebastian (from |The Earl and the Enchantress|) and I have a rather contentious relationship with him. I liked Lilith well enough but her inability to look beyond her own skewed world view was awfully frustrating.
The Duke and the Enchantress picks up where the happily ever after for Drake and Charlotte ended in the first book in the series, The Earl and the Enchantress. I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to this particular story. I didn’t care for Charlotte in the first book and would have been happy to condemn her to a loveless marriage since she appeared to be dead set on obtaining a title through marriage.
I was lucky enough to win a copy of Aimie K. Runyan’s Girls on the Line from a Goodreads Giveaway. I am thrilled to say that I have found another favorite author in the historical fiction genre and I highly recommend reading this if you have an interest in the Hello Girls of WWI.
I enjoyed reading this story featuring Lizbeth and Sebastian. The two meet in a library during a ball and despite a tense initial interaction, they bond over their mutual distaste for marriage and love of books.
The dialogue was well written with a quick pace that keeps the reader interested and included historical points that helped orient the reader to the proper time period.