The twenty-third book: #23 Love in Excess - Eliza Fowler Haywood
I've been spending the last week reading this. It took some time, mostly because the copy I found (free as it's out of copyright) was quite old, still featuring long s's, which made it a bit more of an ordeal to read. I managed, though, although it probably impacted my enjoyment slightly.
What bothered me more is that this was a romance, and one that felt vaguely predictable, and not that interesting - they're love stories that feel like they have been done better. Again, the period setting won't have helped here, but I didn't feel interested in reading the lengthy, flowery letters. A bit of a bore at times, that I felt I had to move through more slowly than I wanted to.