The Last Word by Samantha Hastings

Publisher: Swoon Reads
Publication date: July 9th 2019
Pages: 258

It is the year 1861, and Lucinda Leavitt is a young woman who lives with her father in London. Lucinda loves reading and it is her dream though to work in her father's countinghouse office. But during that time period, ladies like Lucinda where sent to finishing school to learn proper etiquette and then where meant to find a suitable husband.
Lucinda is shocked when she finds out the author of her favorite serial novel has died before she completed the series. She wants to know how it ends, and altough it is a little far-fetched, with the help of her father's business partner David Randall, she starts the search of the author's whereabouts before she passed away.

Together, also with Lucinda's chaperone lady, they travel through England to learn more about the author and her whereabouts, but it seems that this part of the story is pushed a bit too the back because during their time together, David starts to like Lucinda more and more then he already did, but they have to wait till the end to really make it work, but it seems then it is too late, because a terrible fire destroys Lucinda's father countinghouse in London, and when Lucinda tries to save her father and important documents, her life is in terrible danger..will everything work out for Lucinda and David in the end??

I totally didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book, and then this book totally surprised me! The storyline is really really strong and also very good and original.Lucinda lives in Victorian times London, with it's particular rules and regulations on how girls and young ladies should act and what society expects of their lives. Not for Lucinda. Lucinda is quite a rebel that doesn't want what society expects her to become.
The romance between Lucinda and David was just so cute, it was totally in the Victorian style, there where no dropped handkerciefs though, but it was just as cute and sweet. Their search for the whereabout of the author was entertaining, altough a little thin at some points, they do meet a few new friends there which was nice.
So all together, this is a very good and entertaining historical yound adult book with a strong storyline full of twists, turns and romance, and I definately recommend reading it!