![]() ![]() What I didn’t get when I picked up this book is what story it was going to tell – this isn’t a novelisation of Hamilton the musical, it’s set in the early years of Hamilton’s career when he meets and marries Eliza. It’s set in the late 1700s in the recently-formed United States of America, and it’s full of historical setting and backstory which I really liked (although sometimes it did read like an infodump). I believe not much is known about this time so I think this story is more fiction than non-fiction, but it was enjoyable (if you take it with a pinch of salt, of course!). ![]() I really enjoyed this book – it’s a historical novel, where Melissa de la Cruz has taken some creative liberty to tell the story of how Alex and Eliza met and fell in love. I got this book as an early copy during YALC and because it has a gorgeous cover – it’s a beautiful pearlescent pink with a subtle pattern that looks like old wallpaper (it looks good, I promise!). Those of you unaware of these two characters – go and listen to the Hamilton soundtrack from start to finish, now. Disclaimer: I had the entire Hamilton soundtrack in my head the entire time I read this.Īlex & Eliza is the (embellished) story of how Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler met and fell in love. ![]()
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