REVIEW: “A Change of Fortune” by Jen Turano

 

About the Book...

*Title: A Change of Fortune

*Author: Jen Turano

*Genre: Christian historical romance

*Series: Book #1 of the Ladies of Distinction series

*Recommend for: ages 15+

My Personal Rating

⭐⭐⭐⭐

📖Synopsis

Lady Eliza Sumner is on a mission. Her fortune was the last thing she had left after losing her father, her fiancé, and her faith. Now, masquerading as Miss Eliza Sumner, governess-at-large, she's determined to find the man who ran off with her fortune, reclaim the money, and head straight back to London.
Mr. Hamilton Beckett, much to his chagrin, is the catch of the season, and all the eyes of New York society—all the female ones, at least—are on him. He has no plans to marry again, especially since his hands are full keeping his business afloat while raising his two children alone.
Eliza's hapless attempts to regain her fortune unexpectedly put her right in Hamilton's path. The discovery of a common nemesis causes them to join forces and, before she knows it, Eliza has a whole retinue of people helping her. Eliza's determination not to trust anyone weakens when everyone's antics and bumbling efforts to assist her make her wonder if there might be more important things than her fortune and independence.
When all of Hamilton's and Eliza's best-laid plans fall by the wayside, it will take a riot of complications for them to realize that God just might have had a better plan in mind all along.

💭My Thoughts 

"'May I assume you're attempting to propose to me?' Eliza asked, resisting the urge to throttle the man on the spot."

This was a fun, witty, lighthearted historical romance! A little silly or unrealistic at times, yes, but that's not always a bad thing, and overall I really did enjoy it! Hamilton's kids were an absolute hoot and probably my favorite part🤭😂

The main couple's attraction to each other was a little much at times, in my opinion. The way they were infatuated with each other honestly just made me laugh, though I'm not sure if it was supposed to be funny or if that's just on me as a non-romantic? Something else I noticed is that for some reason, I had a hard time keeping some of the character's names straight occasionally, but that could very well also be my fault because I read this so late at night.

Overall, an easy, fun and enjoyable read! It was my first Jen Turano book, and I am very excited to check out the rest of her books!

⚠️Content notes

Attraction and noticing each other; staring at lips; two characters are mistaken as prostitutes but are not; some drinking, and a character is mistaken to be drunk but is not; murder & a dead body (with little to no details); another murder is described with a few non-gruesome details; phrases such as "Good heavens!" said throughout book; Eliza doubts God & doesn't believe in prayer for a portion of the book; the "villain" character is slightly creepy, in my personal opinion.

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Bookishly yours, 

Lottie M.