erica ridley the perks of loving a wallflower

The chemistry really builds up nicely between the characters and the sex scenes themselves were well done and feel very passionate which is what one wants in a Regency romance. I would not call it slow burn or insta love, instead it had a good medium pace. The romance itself is very well written and enjoyable. But besides that one issue, I really thought all the characters were well done. While this is a HEA romance, I wasn’t completely crazy about how the actual ending happened, as it didn’t seem as in tune with the time period and I felt like everything fell on one characters shoulders instead of more compromise. The main characters were great, with the one exception that I thought Tommy got a little whinny near the end. While I have a feeling that this book would be the only queer romance of the series, I would still consider reading Elizabeth’s story. Her sword swinging sister Elizabeth especially was a really fun secondary character. The characters are very enjoyable and I liked Tommy’s whole family. The more her and Tommy are together the more feels start to develop, but everyone knows Philippa must marry a man with a title so how could they ever actually be together? When Tommy and her family are asked to help one of Philippa’s friends, Philippa wants in on all the scheming too. The other main is Philippa, a highborn Lady, who would rather read her books than be shopped around for a husband. Tommy, -pronoun her- is a master of disguise and enjoys playing the role or both men and women. I really liked that this was a female/non-binary romance. Ridley fills in the few holes that I needed to know so it really is fine if you start here. While this is the second book in the series, I did not read the first book and I don’t feel like I missed anything. It had a great cast of characters, a strong romance, and a fun side story that kept me turning the pages. I’m a big fan of queer Regency romances so I was happy that this was as fun as I hoped. This was a really cute, historical-fiction romance.

Erica ridley the perks of loving a wallflower