Seeking Persephone

Title: Seeking Persephone
Author: Sarah M. Eden
Series: Lancaster Family #1
Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance
Spice: 0.5 / 5
Format: Kindle
Pages: 288
Reason Read: Just Because
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Also in this series: Courting Miss Lancaster

My Thoughts

After reading COURTING MISS LANCASTER and finding out it wasn’t the first book in the series, I decided I needed to read SEEKING PERSEPHONE.

It was kind of strange reading SEEKING PERSEPHONE second because I already knew the outcome and I already knew why Adam, the Duke of Kielder, was the way he was because Harry had explained it to Athena in COURTING MISS LANCASTER. However, what I didn’t count on were the circumstances of their marriage and that both Adam and Persephone would be so annoying as they got to know each other.

Adam and Persephone both assumed that the other didn’t want to have anything to do with the other. While I can understand that because of their past and the actions / reactions of the other person, it annoyed me to no end. I just wanted them to ask each other why or what they could do. I know there wouldn’t be a story without it and I know they probably wouldn’t have answered honestly or the other wouldn’t have believed them, but it would’ve sat better with me had they been more open with each other.

There were times in the story that I swooned. I especially loved the scene after Persephone was attacked by wolves. It really endeared Adam to me, which nothing else in the story had up to that point. I also loved seeing Harry from a different POV, especially Adam’s. I wanted to know what he really thought and I got it. And, it was nice to understand Adam a little better.

All in all, I enjoyed COURTING MISS LANCASTER better, but I still enjoyed SEEKING PERSEPHONE despite my grievances. It gave a lot of insight into the characters, the time period, and Falstone Castle.