Oddity of the Ton is one of the books in the series Misfits of the Ton. The books are written by Emily Royal. I chose the book because of the title that I found interesting. Little did I know that I would be reading about the population that I help teach. Eleanor Howard, as the main character is considered odd. In reality, she is highly sensitive to sounds and crowds. She also struggles negotiating the social language of the society. In reality Eleanor has autism, something that was not recognized or even known about at the time. I loved how realistic Eleanor felt to me in her portrayal, but then reading about the author explained it all to me. Emily was able to describe autism so well as she also is a person who has been diagnosed with it.
Eleanor is constantly at war with her family as she never seems to do anything right. Her mother and sister constantly harp on her as being hopeless. Montague FitzRoy, fifth Duke of Whitcombe is the person Eleanor has a huge crush on. His mother is constantly harping on him to marry an appropriate person. He suddenly proposes to Eleanor to shut his mother up. What he doesn’t realize is that she is a kind and caring person, who struggles. Eleanor accepts the proposal and is devastated the next day to find that he only made the proposal to shut his mother down. However, they both can help each other and they make a deal. The problem is that neither can expect the other person to fall madly in love with them, but they do. And so the problem in the story becomes what happens next.
I enjoyed reading Oddity of the Ton by Emily Royal. This was the first book I have read of hers and I can assure you it can be read as a standalone, although now I am wondering about the prior books and adding them to my lengthy TBR list. The Oddity of the Ton by Emily Royal is a good read.
