The Hathaways Book 1
I’ve been meaning to read this series for quite a while as my book group raves about it. This series is set not long after the Wallflowers and about twenty years before the Ravenels. I’ve read both of them and it’s nice to see some familiar characters cropping up.
Kleypas has become a comfort read for me. I know I’m going to like the style and attention to detail, and unless the plot totally flops (I have to admit the last two Ravenel books did fade off toward the end) I know I’m going to get to the HEA without rolling my eyes too much.
Kleypas writes a good series and this one starts with Amelia Hathaway, eldest sister to a charmingly quirky brood. Her brother, Leo, is struggling to deal with the death of his fiancé and Amelia likes to play mother hen.
Leo has come by an unexpected, and supposedly cursed, title. Now he has the money to pursue his destructive desires, Amelia is often left searching him out in the gaming hells of London. This is where she comes across the gorgeous Roma, Cam Rohan.
Cam longs to return to his tribe and resume a life of travel and freedom. Amelia Hathaway, however, is one last temptation to which he may succumb.
While I enjoyed the story, it didn’t really stand out for me. Both Amelia and Cam are both very likeable but there’s nothing to make me love them. Cam is very much one to explore, rather than deny his desires, which clashed nicely with prim Amelia, and made the love scene nice and spicy.
I also enjoyed the aspects of the Romany culture that were explored and I hope to delve deeper in the series. I loved the Hathaways with all their little quirks and sibling banter/arguing. In the end, that dynamic is what kept me going and I do look forward to reading more about their exploits.
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Feels: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
