I've started listening to this audiobook a while ago and forgot about it then restarted again from the start 
 How i was ever able to stop the first time around was beyond me. I love the characters in this story, how the ugly ducklings had their place in the ton, the history of Cecily's childhood, her fears and struggles of wanting to be a scholar but is limited by her overprotective father. I loved Lucas and Cecily's first meeting, i think their dynamic as a couple is so colorful and fun, the claw at each other's throats but not in a bickering childish way, they respect one another as individuals with intelligence and it wasnt physical attraction that started their relationship, it's the appreciation of their characters of one another. 
 Lucas is such a darling dashing hero! He is so sweet to Cecily i found myself melting for him. He respects Cecily but he is also human who wont take bullshit from her and believe me she did have moments where her logic and actions were idiotic. 
 Cecily was delightful as well, not a pushover in any sense, intelligent, independent and can get things done by herself without needing to have someone rescue her. 
 The twists and turns in this shocked me, i had no idea where the author will be taking the story of where Will is and i was horrified when we finally found out. I was equally horrified at the villain and to what extend his villainy went to and to the degree that he took it. He wasn't just power hungry, he wasn't just after a woman he couldn't have, he wasn't just bloodthirsty, he wasn't just manipulative, He didnt simply just want revenge. He was ALL of these things but in a believable fashion! 
 one aspect i didn't like was Amelia Snow and her sidekick who were such a cliche in how they treated the ugly ducklings. 
 I am looking forward to Juliette story! 
 5/5 stars