I loved this book! All of the supporting characters were complex and had so many layers. As a fan of A Duke of One’s Own (A League of Extraordinary Women #1), it was nice to see the Duke of Montgomery and Annabelle again. I thought that Evie Dunmore did a great job of exploring Lucie’s struggles as she tries to juggle her desire to fight for the cause and the conflicting ability to be happy with a man. The jealousy that Lucie feels for the life Annabelle leads was very realistic. The friendship between Lucie, Hattie, Annabelle, and Catriona were beautifully written. I also loved how this book really places the reader into the world of London and Oxford. Dunmore does a great job of providing the historical context to show the importance of what Lucie is fighting for when she fights for women’s rights. I thought that Tristan was also a great match for Lucie, and I liked that this book did not follow typical tropes of the historical romance genre. Tristan’s love of writing poetry and his callbacks to contemporary poets really helped the book feel like it was taking place in the late 1800s.

Lady Lucie is a member of the women’s suffrage movement. She was kicked out by her family and was only able to survive with the inheritance money she received from her aunt. Lucie’s new mission is to purchase 50% of a publishing house that prints women’s magazines. Her plan is to use the publishing house to print information that supports the women’s suffrage movement as well as the amendment for the Married Women's Property Act. However, her old nemesis Lord Tristan Ballentine returns from the war and ruins her plans. Tristan has loved Lucie since he first saw her when they were children. Lucie is afraid that getting involved with a man will impact her ability to fight for the cause.

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up...because this book WRECKED ME TO MY CORE.

Oh? My? GOD??? I thought Evie Dunmore's Bringing Down the Duke was a near-perfect historical romance, and then she had the A-U-D-A-C-I-T-Y to write A Rogue of One's Own, which is true perfection in my eyes. How could she?!

As far as characters go, Lucie is a wonderfully self-actualized and multidimensional protagonist, and I had a lot of fun piecing together Tristan's whole deal as well. There were so many good quotes in here about love and what it means to be wanted versus needed; I ate it all up. And the feminism? Y'all, the FEMINISM. Be still, my political heart. Love us a romance novel that gives us sizzling ballroom glares and a lesson on mass appeal versus radical activism.

And I said it when I reviewed Bringing Down the Duke, but it bears repeating: Dunmore is a goddamn sorcerer when it comes to creating long-simmering intensity between her characters. There's not a goddamn knife on Earth sharp enough to cut through all of Lucie and Tristan's tension during the entirety of this book. And don't even get me started on the banter, because this is absolutely Bitches Who Love Good Dialogue™-approved.

I'm Very Upset™ that we have to wait until Fall 2021 for the third book (Ah! My girl Hattie is getting her due!), but I'll for sure be counting down the days.