This book was DELICIOUS. The tension, the angst, the drama - I just couldn’t stop reading! It follows the romance of Giles, the Earl of Lilford, and Lady Yasmin, Cleo’s scandalous French friend. They are complete opposites, but they can’t seem to fight their intense desire and feelings toward each other. It was messy, a little toxic, and had the perfect amount of spice.I recently read the first book in this series, How to Be a Wallflower, and I was pleasantly surprised. I had seen a lot of lackluster reviews, so I went in with very low expectations and ended up loving it. I gave it 4/5 stars, which is my rating for this book as well, but for different reasons.Because I enjoyed the first one so much and I knew this one was enemies to loves, which I looooove, I expected 5/5 stars. This book came pretty close to that, but the only thing holding me back is all the business that went down with Lydia. I should warn you, the synopsis mentions nothing about this, but Giles’ sister Lydia is the main antagonist of the story. She judges and slut-shames Yasmin throughout the entire novel, and throws hissy fits whenever Giles or anyone else even so much as looks at her, it’s to the point it’s kind of ridiculous.I just feel like by the end I expected a better resolution with her and the whole situation. She is the main reason why he and Yasmin can’t be together and when she’s acting like a straight up bitch, it starts to get a little frustrating, to say the least. Then at the end after she’s done the worst possible thing she could do to keep the couple apart, we don’t get to see her realize the error of her ways or feel the least bit of remorse for her actions. I just would’ve appreciated some character growth to be honest, but we might still get it in future books, so we’ll see.One of my favorite aspects of this story was learning about Yasmin’s past and exploring how she experiences sexual attraction because of it. To me, it kind of read as demisexuality, and I loved how unexpected and emotional it was to find out the most scandalous woman in the ton has been putting on an act to hide from her trauma. Like I said earlier, I loved her romance with Giles and how he had to overcome his past, assumptions about Yasmin, and prejudices placed on him by society to finally give in to the connection they have together.Definitely would recommend to anyone who’s looking for an enchanting historical romance, and now after reading the latest 2 Eloisa James books I’m gonna need to go back and read her entire backlist ASAP! Thank you so much to NetGalley and Avon Books for the uncorrected proof in exchange for an honest review.