“(…) If you are going to insist on losing faith in someone the moment you see the slightest possibility that they have wronged you, you are going to have a very frustrating life.”
Genre: Romance, Royalty
Actual Rating: 4 stars
Content Warnings: Toxic relationships and friendships, sexual content and sexism.
Set in what seems to be the 1800s, “To Have and to Hoax” follows Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley, a couple who got married out of love, which was extremely back in the day. After one year of blissful marriage, they get in a fight so great that they barely speak for the following 4 years. Then, Lady Violet gets a letter, telling her her husband has been in a grave accident. As she rushes to where he is only to find he is actually fine and well, she sets to get her revenge, because it isn’t fair that they barely talk and she still cares for him. In a comedic telling, this romance book will transport you to times similar to books like “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility”.
I pretty much grabbed this book because I was reminiscing how much I enjoy the “Pride and Prejudice” 2005 movie and to start setting the mood for season 2 of Bridgerton. And I must say, “To Have and to Hoax” did a perfect job at that. I loved the tension and scheming and the period language. The first installment in The Regency Vows series is lighthearted, funny, and very heavily focused on character development. For its length, it was a very fast read, even if it wasn’t that fastly paced.
I would recommend this book to lovers of period dramas and to readers who enjoy the enemies-to-lovers trope.
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