The Highwayman Book Review

My content warnings:

• Hospital scenes/hospitalization
• Cheating 

My biases:

• Can’t stand overt, blatant, and obvious rudeness

The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne 

#1 in Victorian 

Read: November 4, 2021

Star Rating (of 5): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 but ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Goodreads
• Complete story arc
• Likeable characters

Enjoyment 🤗: 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

• Young love 😍😇

Heat 🔥 : 🔥🔥🔥🔥

• Intimacy has a lot of meaning for him

Intensity (1 to 100): 70%

• Nothing too out there

Predictable? (Predictability): N

Content warnings: Rape, Death of a loved 🥰 one, Imprisonment

Prevalent Tropes: Second chance, secret identity, Highlander, anti-hero, class difference

Tropes I like! 😍

1. Caregiving/sick bed
2. Fake Dating 
3. Friends to lovers
4. Found family
5. Single parent
6. Bodyguard 
7. Marriage of convenience 
8. Disability rep
9. Forced proximity 
10. Wallflower 
11. Bookish heroine
12. Only 1 bed 🛏
13. Teaching 🏫 
14. Road trip Romance 

How it’s used…

He’s a criminal, she’s ton 🤫 

Smutty times 😋:

• 14: Wedding night 😏 
• 19: Reveal 😱
• 24: Touching 😏 

3-word Summary: Touched with love

Representation: Prisoner POV

POV: 3rd person dual

Thoughts 💭:

• Secrets 🤫

More but I forgot 🤦🏼‍♀️

Movie/show rec: 🤷🏽‍♀️