QuinoaQueen reviewed League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton
Hit and Miss :(
3 stars
I preferred the first one.
Everything I liked about the Wisteria Society transferred into this one, however, with a slightly less enjoyable heroine. Charlotte is lovely, sure, but I found her wit to be more annoying than Cecilia's. Everything about Charlotte and Alex's relationship seemed to center around sex and fulfilling physical needs rather than emotional ones. (Not that that isn't a little bit relatable too, ha). Yes, I know they stopped having sex once to talk about emotional things, but that felt like too little too late for me. I did like Charlotte's budding friendship with Cecilia. Where the writing involving men sometimes falls short, the writing in regards to female friendships hasn't failed yet.
3/5 While it's not as good as the previous book, this was still an enjoyable read. If not for the romance, then for the world building and newly introduced society, the mystery posed by …
I preferred the first one.
Everything I liked about the Wisteria Society transferred into this one, however, with a slightly less enjoyable heroine. Charlotte is lovely, sure, but I found her wit to be more annoying than Cecilia's. Everything about Charlotte and Alex's relationship seemed to center around sex and fulfilling physical needs rather than emotional ones. (Not that that isn't a little bit relatable too, ha). Yes, I know they stopped having sex once to talk about emotional things, but that felt like too little too late for me. I did like Charlotte's budding friendship with Cecilia. Where the writing involving men sometimes falls short, the writing in regards to female friendships hasn't failed yet.
3/5 While it's not as good as the previous book, this was still an enjoyable read. If not for the romance, then for the world building and newly introduced society, the mystery posed by the maid, and the style of prose that Holton is so good at.