Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1)

by Liana De la Rosa

Gideon pressed his lips together to smother his amusement when he spied several women trying to maneuver their large crinoline-lined skirts through the packed crowd. He knew little of women’s fashion, but such silhouettes seemed like a cumbersome trend to him.

Because trousers so tight you can't sit are totally practical

The stares were in the bricks and stones and mortar that comprised the manor itself. The blood of their makers, whose flesh was bought and sold to support such idyllic country houses, called to him.

So I thought this too because British slave trade, right? Except it turns out Britain never really did chattel slavery at home. They were a massive part of the slave trade, but slavery on the level of the US South was only in the colonies. And technically even that was abolished a good 30 years before the Civil War. I'm not actually sure what this dude is fighting for

If he were successful in winning Tyrell’s support, his proposal, his dream of bringing about an end to the slave trade, would be realized. The thought that the grandson of a formerly enslaved woman could have the most powerful empire in the world not only condemn but also abolish the heinous slave trade around the globe formed a knot of bubbling emotions in the back of his throat.

...But the Brits have already done that on their end. If this is set during the Civil War and First French Intervention, the UK has already signed antislavery treaties with France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Potentially also the US, I'd have to double check the exact dates. So...what exactly are you aiming to do here?

The groom looked between the two of them for a moment and then nodded. “I’ll let Mr. Davies know. Have a good day.”

Unmarried man escorting an unmarried young lady without a groom? I'll bet you'll inform Mr Davies. And everyone else.

Hadn’t their tío Arturo made it clear when they arrived that they no longer had to subjugate themselves to their father’s rule?

For all that this book is trying to be progressive, there's something very status quo about the peninsular uncle and 3/4 white future husband overriding the mestizo father