Review: The Bluestocking

The Bluestocking by Christi Caldwell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have SO many feelings about this book and I don't even know where to begin. This books can work as a standalone, but it would be a disservice to it not to read all the previous ones that lead into it. From the series, we've learned to love all the Killorans, and to understand the tragic pasts and suffering that have led to their lives and their mistakes. I expected to love and defend Gertrude fiercely (and I do) but I didn't expect to land myself so strongly on Edwin's corner for this book.
The conflict between them seems insurmountable. It really does. Albeit unknowingly, her family is responsible of his pain and suffering and there is an angry little boy caught in the middle. And yet Christi does a magnificent job navigating all of those feelings and validating both character's perspectives. Even when there is a fallout, there are no rights or wrongs. I appreciate that the hero was as wounded as the heroine and his feelings were validated and justified as well. I really admire how craftily the author is able to give us a happy ending to a love story that seemed doomed from the start.
And Stephen is just a delightful, multidimensional little boy that gets to have his entire family back.

Once again, a wonderful love story from an author that doesn't disappoint!

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