Review: Love & War

Love & War
(Alex & Eliza, #2)
by Melissa de la Cruz

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Publication Date: April 17 2018
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 369
ISBN: 9781524739652
Genre: Young Adult | Historical Fiction | Romance
Source: Own

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Synopsis: Alex & Eliza are now married but instead of what should be a lovely honeymoon, it's back to business as usual for Alex. Alex is off to war with General Washington and Eliza is. left behind in Albany with her family. Alex & Eliza have decided to wait to settle down into a place of their own, waiting to see just where they would end up. While Eliza is at home helping around the Schuyler residence, Alex is leading his own charge in the war.

Once the war is over, Alex & Eliza find themselves living in New York City. Alex struggles to build his business but the Hamilton's are determined to persevere so they push forward with their new life and begin laying down the framework for their life together as a couple.

Review: I really wasn't feeling this book. I enjoyed the first one quite a bit but this one was just, meh. It took me so long to read this and I thought about just giving up so many times. I really was just hoping that if I stuck with it, it would get better? Ugh. It didn't. It wasn't that there was anything in particular that was bad, it was just so slow, and boring. I don't know, it's hard to explain but it just felt like a letdown. I resented Alex for being gone so much for work and I hated seeing the jealousy within Eliza. However, I did enjoy the historical references and aspects of it.

“We will only stand if we learn to accept and even embrace each other’s differences rather than allow them to divide us. It is a childish fantasy to expect everyone to agree all the time, but how much better to live in a country where one is free to think differently from one’s neighbors, and even one’s government, without risking life and limb.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Love & War

Overall I give this book a three but it could have easily been a 2.5. Yes, it was that forgettable. Now I need to decide if I want to read the final book in the series or just call it good and move on entirely.