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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
This is one of my favorite Georgette Heyer romances. It has no socially redeeming value, except that is is utterly charming in its depiction of a young woman, Kitty Charing, and her multiple cousins/suitors. How Kitty sorts out the various romantic tangles and ends up with the cousin who is best suited to her is light-hearted fun done in the best Heyer style.
Four and a half stars. I enjoyed this book a lot and found it to be entertaining, engaging and funny.. This is the first Georgette Heyer book that I've read. I thought that it would be more Jane Austen like. While I enjoy Jane Austen immensely, it takes me a little bit to get into the language of her day. Georgette Heyer more or less established the Regency Romance subgenre. Cotillion written in 1953.
I daresay it took me a while to get into the language.
I quite liked Kitty and Freddy as individuals, but what really impressed me was the way they could openly discuss any topic, no matter how precarious.
I quite liked Kitty and Freddy as individuals, but what really impressed me was the way they could openly discuss any topic, no matter how precarious.
characters named some variation of fred are always amazing in the georgette heyer-verse. loved how sweet & adventurous kitty is, and freddy is the kindest, most emotionally intelligent male lead of a romance novel possibly ever?? excellent deployment of the fake engagement trope
Dnf @ 53%
I really wanted to like it, but just could not get into it
I really wanted to like it, but just could not get into it
I love Georgette Heyer...but 100 pages in and I just couldn't take any more. Usually, Heyer's characters are the smartest in the room.......but this time she decided to to write about some 'simple' dumb people and all the back and forth endless babble was horrid.
Can't see myself going back to this one.
Can't see myself going back to this one.
One reason I was interested in starting to read Gerogette Heyer was because in nearly every review I looked at they all listed each book as their favorite. With so many people loving every book I came across I felt I couldn't go wrong.
This was another great book. The books are actually quiet long and are not the fastest to read. As I said earlier, I have to really concentrate to catch all of the witty dialogue. In truth, I've noted that I am starting to think and talk funny after spending this past week reading these books. I am dying to find a time when I can say, "this just doesn't suit" or "you have persuaded me to " or "I will allow it that" or "I fancy you may be right" or "how the deuce am I able to kiss you" etc. The last quote comes straight from this book! :) The books occur over a lengthy period of time and the author doesn't rush the plot. The plots are also quiet complex with everything coming together at the end. The books are definitely romance books but with the additional of historical background and complex plot they are so much more!
This particular books is about a young girl, Kitty, who is told to inherit she must marry one of her guardians great-nephews. She comes up with a plan to snare one of them by pretending to be engaged to another. Things don't go quiet as planned but turn out so much better in the end!
This was another great book. The books are actually quiet long and are not the fastest to read. As I said earlier, I have to really concentrate to catch all of the witty dialogue. In truth, I've noted that I am starting to think and talk funny after spending this past week reading these books. I am dying to find a time when I can say, "this just doesn't suit" or "you have persuaded me to " or "I will allow it that" or "I fancy you may be right" or "how the deuce am I able to kiss you" etc. The last quote comes straight from this book! :) The books occur over a lengthy period of time and the author doesn't rush the plot. The plots are also quiet complex with everything coming together at the end. The books are definitely romance books but with the additional of historical background and complex plot they are so much more!
This particular books is about a young girl, Kitty, who is told to inherit she must marry one of her guardians great-nephews. She comes up with a plan to snare one of them by pretending to be engaged to another. Things don't go quiet as planned but turn out so much better in the end!
Oh my goodness, I LOVED this one so much!!
Freddy.. Aw Freddy!! A new book crush I think
Freddy.. Aw Freddy!! A new book crush I think
It always takes a bit for me to settle into Ms. Heyer's style, but this one took almost half the story! If not for that I'd give it 4 stars... the second half is quite fun!
I *adored* this book. Georgette Heyer's books have a specific kind of humor, and apparently it's mine, because I giggled through the whole thing.
This book starts when a miserly old man decides his ward, Kitty Charing, will only get his sizable fortune if she marries one of his great-nephews. It's all a ploy to get Jack, who is basically London's biggest man-whore, to settle down and marry Kitty. But on the day appointed for all the great-nephews to offer for Kitty, Jack doesn't show. He knows he's his uncle's favorite, he knows that Kitty's had a crush on him since childhood, and he won't let anyone force his hand.
That leaves Kitty with two offers of marriage: one from Hugh, a rector, with a stick up his erm, never mind, and another from Dolph, who is one sandwich short of a picnic. Hurt and desperate, she makes a spontaneous decision to flee to London, and when she stops at a nearby hostelry, she runs into Freddy, another great-nephew, who is on his way to Kitty's house without knowing why his great-uncle called him there. Kitty breaks the news to him, and with much cajoling and emotional manipulation, convinces Freddy to become fake-betrothed to her so she can go to London and stay with his parents for a month, while she sorts out her troubles.
That is how the story begins. It's pretty obvious to everyone, including Freddy, that Kitty is trying to make Jack jealous, but once in London, instead of focusing on Jack, she becomes embroiled in trying to fix everyone's love lives, because she has a big heart, and is naive to boot.
Freddy is the best romantic protagonist--I loved him! He gets a bad rap from his friends and family for not being smart, but he *is* smart; he has loads of common sense; he's just not bookish. He is kind and compassionate, and the biggest dandy, which cracked me up. He can overlook a character flaw, but so help him if you're wearing the wrong color dress for your complexion! ;-)
I loved not only the main storyline but also the subplots. All hail Georgette Heyer, queen of the ensemble cast!
This book starts when a miserly old man decides his ward, Kitty Charing, will only get his sizable fortune if she marries one of his great-nephews. It's all a ploy to get Jack, who is basically London's biggest man-whore, to settle down and marry Kitty. But on the day appointed for all the great-nephews to offer for Kitty, Jack doesn't show. He knows he's his uncle's favorite, he knows that Kitty's had a crush on him since childhood, and he won't let anyone force his hand.
That leaves Kitty with two offers of marriage: one from Hugh, a rector, with a stick up his erm, never mind, and another from Dolph, who is one sandwich short of a picnic. Hurt and desperate, she makes a spontaneous decision to flee to London, and when she stops at a nearby hostelry, she runs into Freddy, another great-nephew, who is on his way to Kitty's house without knowing why his great-uncle called him there. Kitty breaks the news to him, and with much cajoling and emotional manipulation, convinces Freddy to become fake-betrothed to her so she can go to London and stay with his parents for a month, while she sorts out her troubles.
That is how the story begins. It's pretty obvious to everyone, including Freddy, that Kitty is trying to make Jack jealous, but once in London, instead of focusing on Jack, she becomes embroiled in trying to fix everyone's love lives, because she has a big heart, and is naive to boot.
Freddy is the best romantic protagonist--I loved him! He gets a bad rap from his friends and family for not being smart, but he *is* smart; he has loads of common sense; he's just not bookish. He is kind and compassionate, and the biggest dandy, which cracked me up. He can overlook a character flaw, but so help him if you're wearing the wrong color dress for your complexion! ;-)
I loved not only the main storyline but also the subplots. All hail Georgette Heyer, queen of the ensemble cast!