Book Review

A Spy’s Devotion by Melanie Dickerson

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     Nicholas Langdon is a wealthy, well-connected British officer who returns to England after a battlefield injury. However, he doesn’t return home just to heal, he also returns to fulfill a dying soldier’s last wish, to deliver his coded diary.  Things turn dangerous when the dairy is stolen and every clue leads to Julia Grey’ guardian.

     Julia is a beautiful and intelligent young lady, ward of one of England’s most powerful families, the Wilherns. Despite his resistance, she captures the interest of Nicholas, and vice versa.  But what will she do when she finds out that her guardian may be a traitor and that Nicolas is after him? Will she choose her family or her love interest?

     The story is interesting and enthralling. It is magnificently written, just like all the other books of Melanie Dickerson. Most of the book is written in Julia’s Point of View with some interventions of Nicolas’s Point of View, which gives the reader a complete view of the situation.

     Although I like the plot, the story is slow and has little action. It is a bit boring I would say. Most of the story is one ball after another, which even though it reflects the society of the time, it bores me quite easily. But that is just a matter of taste. However, the parts that do have actions are splendid and has the reader alert, wanting to know what happens next, which compensate those boring parts.

    The story and its characters, in my opinion, capture the essence and characteristics of the Regency Era of England. The reader can imaging clearly the settings, like the balls, the house and the streets. The characters are also easy to imaging, and (from what I gathered) their way of acting and thinking reflects the era in which it takes place.

      I give A Spy’s Devotion 4 out of 5 stars.