"You will be my newly wedded bride whose family do not approve. I will say we are in fear of being apprehended by your wicked guardian who was robbing you of your fortune and that we require a place of safety until we can secure the money for ourselves."
"That is a plot straight from a penny dreadful. No one could possibly believe it. More to the point, you and I could hardly masquerade as a couple joined in the harmonious state of matrimony. We seem distinctly unsuited."
Is that a fake marriage/couple plot device I see? O.O I'm becoming even more intrigued than I have been since I started reading this book.
I'm much further into the book than I would like to call this a first impression, but to be honest, my impression has only grown fonder as the book progresses. Veronica Speedwell is such a delight! She's witty, sarcastic, and resourceful, and blatantly brash and unperturbed by just about anything.
And I love how she's so blunt!
The mysteries have already started off, and we jump into the conflict much more quickly than I had expected, having just recently finished the Julia Grey series, which, in contrast, spent a whole deal of a lot more time building up the setting and the atmosphere than progressing the story lines.
I'm pleasantly ecstatic at how much I'm loving this book so far.
And also:
"What is your Christian name?"
"Veronica," I said at last.
He gaped at me. "You mean like the plant veronica? The Plantiginales commonly known as speedwell? You are joking."
And thus is the life of Veronica Speedwell, I suppose. *snicker*
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