By Kelly Bridgewater
LESSON TWO: Become headmistress and expect to find yourself partnering with an attractive inventor to search for treasure.
Annaliese Merriweather has been appointed the temporary headmistress of the Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies while her sister is on her honeymoon, but she doesn't feel cut out for the role. Especially after she loses two of her most troublesome students during an outing to a county fair and has to recruit the help of Seth McCormick, an eccentric inventor, to retrieve them.
Soon after, one of those mischievous students disappears again, intent on pursuing a pirate map. Together, Annaliese and Seth set out to find her, accompanied by a menagerie of Annaliese's rescued animal companions. As they stumble from one chaotic situation to the next, sparks fly between Annaliese and Seth. Somehow, they'll need to outwit dangerous individuals also intent on seeking the treasure and bring everyone back in one piece--all while deciphering what their hearts desire.
With witty characters and humorous banter, Jen Turano takes readers on a lively tale of hijinks, humor, treasure hunting, and forced proximity in her latest historical rom-com set in Chicago at a finishing school during the Gilded Age.
My Thoughts:
In Pursuit of Civility by Jen Turano features many different, yet charming animal characters who make the story a little different, yet in a good way. Annaliese, the heroine, is a decorum instructor at Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies, which her older sister help created out of the castle that their sister left them. Readers need to read the first book in the series to see how this happens. I love Turano’s stories, but in this installment, she does have many moments where readers are going to see two characters have a dialogue, and it will go on for pages with no real action happening. This was a little annoying at times. I wanted something to happen instead of just reading their lines. It made me wonder what the other characters were doing while these two characters were just talking. As for the romance, I like the little gestures that Seth gives to Annaliese to show his affection. There was one gift that stood out, and it is mentioned repeatedly in the story. The plot, besides what I mentioned earlier, does move along nicely. There are mishaps with skunks, pirates, monkeys, and birds that make the reader laugh. Overall, In Pursuit of Civility by Jen Turano was not one of my favorite of her stories, but I will definitely open a paperback copy.
I received a complimentary copy of In Pursuit of Civility by Jen Turano from Bethany House Publishers, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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