I appreciate you writing about this! While I can turn off the part of my brain that balks at marriage when I read a historical romance, I find myself enjoying books way more when they engage with the fraught concept of historically-accurate marriage, like Evie Dunmore's as you mentioned. Weirdly I find contemporary romances that end with an engagement or a wedding a lot more difficult to swallow.
I appreciate you writing about this! While I can turn off the part of my brain that balks at marriage when I read a historical romance, I find myself enjoying books way more when they engage with the fraught concept of historically-accurate marriage, like Evie Dunmore's as you mentioned. Weirdly I find contemporary romances that end with an engagement or a wedding a lot more difficult to swallow.