This was a decent romance, and i enjoyed reading it, but I wouldn't call it a great book. This was my first by this author, and while much of the book was well written, funny, sexy and clever...overall it was only okay. I am unsure if this is Spencer’s general writing style, or if this was a one-off that just didn’t hit the mark.
The main characters are interesting and offer some historical insight to the Wollstonecraft movement and a minor nod to being a POC in this time period. The romance itself is a solid use of the enemies to lovers trope and the relationship slowly burns to serious hotness. The peripheral characters were also fun and the plot is set up perfectly for the upcoming book in the series.
The characters however don't really seem to grow. Other than falling in love, the two of them walk away somewhat unchanged. The sub-plot of a feud between our bold protagonist and the bad guy just didn't seem to do anything that furthered the story. The hostility is explained in a few brief sentences, the resolution of the current conflict feels rushed and like it was just a method by which to introduce characters that will then make up the next book. While I get the point that it is one in a series, it feels more like a story cut short than a book with some room for further growth.
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