If I haven't said it before, I love books with strong, smart heroines.
I really loved the strength, smarts and determination of Mariah, queen of bluestockings.
I liked Patrick's growth as a man if the times.

Miss Mariah Wynn is adopted and a complete bluestocking, both of which make her feel different from everyone else. She's dedicated to learning and fighting for women to have rights to attend college just like men. Patrick O'Leary, Viscount Donal, finds Mariah befuddling but intriguing. As an Irish lord raised without a mother, he's also grown up feeling different. Patrick has to decide whether he's willing to support Mariah or stand beside everyone else claiming she's simply asking for too much.

This is the sixth book in the Never The Bride series and can be read as a stand alone. This is a book that makes the reader feel. I really loved how fiesty, passionate, and true to herself Mariah was...and yet she was still quite vulnerable and needing of acceptance. At times I loved the budding relationship with the main characters, and at other times I wasn't sure I wanted them to have a HEA ending because Patrick just wasn't going far enough for Mariah! The story was a very interesting glimpse into a time when women had so little and men said they needed no more.

* I received an ARC and this is my honest review. #AlwaystheBluestocking #NevertheBrideBook6 #NetGalley

Mariah Wynn is a Bluestocking. She will always be a Bluestocking.
Mariah and Patrick O'Leary, Viscount Donal, had a few brief glances at her brother's wedding. While at Oxford for a "reunion" with his class mates, Patrick sees Mariah again. Fascinated by this young woman constantly standing up for herself and trying to break down the walls for equal education for women, Patrick mumbles and stumbles his way in pursuit of Mariah. Just when you think he gets it, he messes up....again.
Deep admiration for the women who paved the way for equality in education and the right to vote!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.

Always the Bluestocking was an enjoyable regency romance by Emily Murdoch, #6 in her Never the Bride series.

Mariah was a wonderfully headstrong, intelligent and feisty heroine. She's a bluestocking with a mission! And, no ignorant Viscount is going to stand in her way of attending lectures at University.

Patrick, the ignorant Viscount 😉 is determined she won’t get an education. Lots of arguments and desire along the way for these two before they reach their happily ever after.