Unabridged Audiobook
One of my favorite couples in Mimi Matthews mid-Victorian universe, this romance between two young social “misfits” ( refreshingly about the same age) unfolds naturally, charmingly and compassionately. Stella, whose prematurely gray hair makes her a visual oddity (with no money or social status to boot) , and Teddy, who is permanently wheelchair-bound following a grave illness, are among the seemingly most “un-marriageable” characters Matthews has ever created, but she has also made them both extremely likable as people. Their earnest efforts to create a life that matters, for each other as well as for themselves, feel very real and the romantic chemistry is completely believable. I appreciate that this author consistently explores serious diversity issues within the historical romance genre; Teddy’s disability plays an important role in the narrative but neither diminishes him nor the expected physical electricity in the couple’s courtship. Well done and perfectly satisfying.
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