Genre: Young Adult / Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2017
Pages: 368
Rating: Recommend
Synopsis: 1777. Albany, New York.
As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball.
Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country’s founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters—Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit; Peggy, with her dazzling looks; and Eliza, whose beauty and charm rival those of both her sisters, though she’d rather be aiding the colonists’ cause than dressing up for some silly ball.
Still, Eliza can barely contain her excitement when she hears of the arrival of one Alexander Hamilton, a mysterious, rakish young colonel and General George Washington’s right-hand man. Though Alex has arrived as the bearer of bad news for the Schuylers, he can’t believe his luck—as an orphan, and a bastard one at that—to be in such esteemed company. And when Alex and Eliza meet that fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history.
Review: This is a young adult novel, which the publisher states is children 12-17. I'd suggest 14 and up myself, but there's no content or language that would make it objectionable for a 12 year old to read if they wanted to.
I read this a fan of historical fiction and American History in general, not as a fan of the musical Hamilton (which I have not seen. . .yet). I liked it for the historical context. However, as fiction it took the author a long time to get from Point A to Point B, which was frustrating since we know how it ends - Alex and Eliza get married. I wasn't sure if this was a recommend or do not recommend for those reasons.
Note: This is the first book in a series, and I liked it well enough to give the second book, Love and War a try.
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