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4 stars
I was on Twitter complaining about all of the very gendered romance books out there, and multiple people replied, "Coral, have you read Cat Sebastian's Unmasked by the Marquess?" So I did.
Overall, I really like this! It may be unfair of me not to give it a full five stars, but it kind of stressed me out, honestly. I spent a large part of the novel worried that they'd get caught, because one of the big things in Regency romances is how little time people spend alone, and how common it is for servants to walk in on the gentry. I think a re-read, knowing that isn't what's going to happen, would be more fun than the initial read was. (Which is great. I'd like to support this kind of fiction existing, and the copy I read came from the library. Going out and buying it when I …
I was on Twitter complaining about all of the very gendered romance books out there, and multiple people replied, "Coral, have you read Cat Sebastian's Unmasked by the Marquess?" So I did.
Overall, I really like this! It may be unfair of me not to give it a full five stars, but it kind of stressed me out, honestly. I spent a large part of the novel worried that they'd get caught, because one of the big things in Regency romances is how little time people spend alone, and how common it is for servants to walk in on the gentry. I think a re-read, knowing that isn't what's going to happen, would be more fun than the initial read was. (Which is great. I'd like to support this kind of fiction existing, and the copy I read came from the library. Going out and buying it when I want to re-read it feels like a good thing to do. After a less-stressful re-read, I might change my rating.)
I've already checked out the other two in this series (knowing they aren't all going to feature non-binary protagonists, no).