Infamous

Edith ‘Eddie’ Miller and her best friend Rose Lee are inseparable. Eddie is an aspiring writer with dreams of being published and living life as she always has while Rose is ready to make a change. Rose is ready for the next step: marriage. Eddie however falls into the world art and debauchery. As the two start to drift apart Eddie finally begins to figure out what’s right in front of her.

This book had quite the ensemble cast. With a wide range of character types, I was very impressed with the narrator’s ability to make everyone sound unique and engaging. She did a wonderful job bringing everyone to life.

I love a good historical romance, but I will say the main character Eddie was actually incredibly frustrating. She is very single-minded throughout pretty much the entire book and misses the obvious signs right in front of her. Eddie often made extremely poor choices despite being given warnings. Despite the frustration though I did enjoy this to an extent. This was obviously the point of her character. She hit a very low point before finally coming to her senses. It did a lot for her character development. Her friend Rose on the other hand was wonderful. She was smart and so very patient. Her dedication to Eddie is something to admire.

A majority of the book involves Eddie idolizing a famous poet. Lines are blurred and again we really question her decision making. I do feel like plot twists and reveals are obvious from the very beginning so my one major complaint I have is just feeling like these are so drawn out. The major plot point near the end (which I will not spoil here) that acts as Eddie’s awakening almost felt lackluster because you know that’s the direction things are going in. Coupled with a naive protagonist, it’s hard to fully enjoy the plot at times. The group of eccentric supporting characters does a lot to make up for these shortcomings though. There was so much fun quirky banter that I did find myself smiling a lot.

This wasn’t a bad book by any means and I do recommend it if this time period is something you enjoy. Slow character development is a bit of a hindrance that overshadows the sweet slowburn that we see pushed somewhat to the background as well.

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