A review by stormgerlock
Nearly a Lady by Alissa Johnson
3.0
Winnefred Blythe is a woman who has been abandoned almost her whole life and forced to make do with whatever she scrapes together. She's done exceptionally well for herself under the circumstances, but when Lord Gideon Haverston shows up to repay his family's debt it stirs up both of their lives. I related strongly to Winnefred's independent personality and her need to do things on her own, and I really enjoyed her confidence when voicing her opinion during a time when women were seen as merely objects.
It took me a very long time to get into this book, and I'm not sure why. I was about to give up on it, but after checking fellow goodreads reviews I discovered that Nearly a Lady had a lot of great reviews, so I decided to continue reading. While I do think it got better the more pages I got into it, I only marked it three stars. I love Winnefred and Gideon as individual characters and I was ultimately rooting for them, I was just not fully absorbed into the story. I do think that it was a good read and for fans of the author, worth reading and I would probably have had a higher opinion of it if I had read it at a different time, I was just not completely sold on the story.
It took me a very long time to get into this book, and I'm not sure why. I was about to give up on it, but after checking fellow goodreads reviews I discovered that Nearly a Lady had a lot of great reviews, so I decided to continue reading. While I do think it got better the more pages I got into it, I only marked it three stars. I love Winnefred and Gideon as individual characters and I was ultimately rooting for them, I was just not fully absorbed into the story. I do think that it was a good read and for fans of the author, worth reading and I would probably have had a higher opinion of it if I had read it at a different time, I was just not completely sold on the story.