A review by walford
A Gentleman Tutor by Harper Fox

1.0

DNF 40% I usually don't review or even rate books I don't finish, but I'm so disappointed and... I guess resentful about this one that I'm going to vent a little. The setup is so completely improbable I don't know where to start. 1) NONE of this could have happened in the late Victorian era IN LONDON, especially right after the Oscar Wilde trial ratcheted up the homophobia to fascist levels. If Fox wanted to write a Gothic she could have at least set it in a remote Country House where the shenanigans could have been kept under wraps, maybe. 2) I won't bore you with all the plot developments I found unbelievable; other reviewers whose opinion I have great respect for really appreciate how the story plays out, and maybe the improbabilities are addressed by the Great Reveal, but I just couldn't go on suspending disbelief any longer. This pains me because Harper Fox was my first great love in the m/m genre, but maybe I just can't accept the liberties she takes with period (and plot) in a historical.