Listen, are you in the mood for a delightful gay regency romance between a widow who now runs the family printing press with her grown son, and a woman beekeeper who is always just on the right side of polite society? Because if so, hop to it! This is a pleasure to read, a slowburn that's also a really lovely exploration of how queer people carved a space in the world for themselves long before the first stirrings of an open gay rights movement. Agatha is a classic older love interest who isn't sure what her place in the world is after the loss of her husband, and Penelope manages to both seem carefree while actually being incredibly thoughtful and clear-eyed about how her life is possible. A book that is a very nice way to spend an afternoon with something hot to drink.
Grade: B
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