Back of book summary:
"Seventeen-year-old Lady Alexandria Stafford doesn't fit into the world of Regency London-- she's strong-willed, sharp-tongued, and she absolutely loathes dress fittings. Unfortunately, her mother has been waiting for years for Alex to be old enough to take part in the social whirlwind of a London season so she can be married off to someone safe, respectable, wealthy, and almost certainly boring. But Alex is far more fascinated by adventure than romance.
Somehow between ball gown fittings, dances, and dinner parties, Alex, along with her two best friends, Ella and Vivi, manages to get entangled in her biggest scrape yet. It's a mystery brimming with espionage, murder, suspicion, and love."
Okay, I seriously loved this book! It's set in Jane Austen-y times. I really enjoyed it. Unlike Austen's heroines, Alex is really not concerned with finding a husband and she is completely content with being single, much like Emma from Emma by Jane Austen.
This book also has some dark parts to it. There is this constant reoccurring theme/situation of a major character's father's murder and how he is dealing with his newly given title.
The way I've described this book to friends has been as a faster paced Austen novel.
**4 out of 5 stars
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