A loveable cast of beautifully flawed characters that have to make a path to happiness their own. It’s buried in the trees and only when the final result is seen, do they both realize how much they mean to each other. If you enjoy a wildly fun and endearing story about a love that has to happen, then you might enjoy With Pensive Admiration!
Check out my full review below and see if this is a book you might like to read as well!
Title: With Pensive Admiration
Author: A. E. Walnofer
Series: N/A
Genre: Historical Romance, Victorian, Regency, Clean
Rating: 5 out of 5 ⭐
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My Thoughts:
Alwyn and Lindy are two of the most beautiful people portrayed in this story, inside and out. Lindy is a Coachman’s daughter but with relatives in a higher class that adore her and dote on her.
Lindy struggles to feel like she fits in with any of that society, but she does her best when the time calls for it. Her mannerisms are quirky and endearing as she has a few moments of complete despair when she embarrasses herself doing something silly. Something as simple as cutting a string with her teeth lodges a sewing project attached to her mouth.
I was able to easily relate with her because of those elements of her character. She’s mild mannered and cares deeply for those that she lets into her space. But she makes plenty of funny moments in her wake as well.
Alwyn is equally caring about those in his life. He’s a doctor’s apprentice and only weeks away from taking his exam and making it official. But as he’s been helping Lindy’s mother overcome her ailments, he has quickly fallen for Lindy. But he’s holding a very dear secret that he can’t tell her and he won’t propose to her until he takes his exam, proving himself accomplished and worthy of her affections.
But this is a huge miscalculation on his part because this then leads to so many misunderstandings and missed cues that Lindy believes he is actually disinterested in her. The signals are all over the place and Alwyn spends the last few chapters trying to straighten out all that’s been misunderstood.
A loveable cast of beautifully flawed characters that have to make a path to happiness their own. It’s buried in the trees and only when the final result is seen, do they both realize how much they mean to each other.
Publisher’s Blurb:
Dashing, devoted, and deftly disguised, he needs to tell her his secret. Just not quite yet…
Though William Alwyn, a doctor’s apprentice, longs to propose to Belinda Everson, he knows he may be accused of trickery when Society discovers his true identity. So, he decides to hold his tongue on all matters of importance until he can irrefutably prove his honour and merit.
Secretly smitten, Belinda has watched Mr Alwyn tend to her ailing mother for months. While bidding her farewell, he kindles her hopes with an unexpected kiss, then disappears entirely in the weeks that follow. Determined she will not languish for a man who has forgotten her, Belinda goes to London with her aunt. But when a sudden malady brings Mr Alwyn to their doorstep, she fears her heart may break again.
Seeing Miss Everson in town, Alwyn feels pressed to lay bare the truth of his love and lineage. Just as the confession is on his lips, a grudging gossip appears, set on revealing him to all the world. When finally, Alwyn declares himself to Belinda, he cannot know if she will spurn the offer of his heart, or entrust her own to him forever.
Brimming with Victorian charm, With Pensive Admiration is a clever-words, kisses-only tale of a match that must be made!
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