Week 29 Review: Cinders & Sapphires

From Goodreads:
One house, two worlds...

Rose Cliffe has never met a young lady like her new mistress. Clever, rich, and beautiful, Ada Averley treats Rose as an equal. And Rose could use a friend. Especially now that she, at barely sixteen, has risen to the position of ladies' maid. Rose knows she should be grateful to have a place at a house like Somerton. Still, she can't help but wonder what her life might have been had she been born a lady, like Ada.

For the first time in a decade, the Averleys have returned to Somerton, their majestic ancestral estate. But terrible scandal has followed Ada's beloved father all the way from India. Now Ada finds herself torn between her own happiness and her family's honor. Only she has the power to restore the Averley name-but it would mean giving up her one true love ... someone she could never persuade her father to accept.

Sumptuous and enticing, the first novel in the At Somerton series introduces two worlds, utterly different yet entangled, where ruthless ambition, forbidden attraction, and unspoken dreams are hidden behind dutiful smiles and glittering jewels. All those secrets are waiting ... at Somerton.

My first review of Cinders & Sapphires
My Review:
I really enjoyed reading this book again! I should've continued on with the series when I first read it, but I didn't, so I needed this reread before I could continue on with the series.

Author: Leila Rasheed
Series: At Somerton #1
First Read: November 20th, 2013

Read: July 18th, 2025
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading, and it's a Historical Fiction 2025 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book!
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: January 22nd 2013

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