I have such a love hate relationship with the world of this series. I’m honestly not sure why I keep reading them. I feel like I need to do some sort of psychological deep dive into this. I like this kind of story, and the world building is pretty unique, but I think there’s something about Rue (and her mother in the series before this) that I just really don’t like. I was much happier with the Finishing School series, so I think there’s definitely something about the ladies these books are centered on that I don’t care for, but I can’t put my finger on it.
I will say, Rue and Quesnel in this book were a bit much. The traveling was fine, but the relationships were not. That seems to be resolved, so we’ll see how I feel going forward. (I do already have the next book.)