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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
This one was a fun ride. Nothing revolutionary but a good solid historical rom-com. The characters were enjoyable and the mischief was cute
Diana is twenty five, and has been a wealthy widow for a year, living secluded in Twickenham, an hour from Town. To escape poverty, she was married at eighteen to a distant relative older than her father, who died after five years and left her his whole fortune. She has no intention of remarrying after her unhappy marriage, but one day she is inexplicably called on by not one but two fashionable strangers. She finds out that some appalling man has created a Registry of all the rich eligible spinsters and widows, giving their address, particulars, and fortune, so that fortune hunters can hunt them more easily! Diana won't take this ghastly document sitting down, and resolves to do something about it. But her subsequent quest will change her life...
This one wasn't for me. It wants to be proto-feminist fluff, but it's kind of insipid and undercuts its own messages. Every woman ends up married, including Diana with her instalove. There are no queer women - despite the fact that this is supposed to be an unconventional group - and no women who decide to stay single. I also just could never get over my dislike for Maxwell for creating the Registry in the first place. I thought Diana had more chemistry with Regina than with Maxwell, but - no. And the fact that there are NO bad, dubious, ill-intentioned, sketchy, lecherous, etc. people in this story at all - the only bad person is Diana's dead husband - makes it feel very unrealistic and flat.
Others may like this a lot more than me. If you are looking for super-sweet escapist instalove fluff, where the women break a few minor society rules and then all end up in happy marriages, then this may be for you.
This one wasn't for me. It wants to be proto-feminist fluff, but it's kind of insipid and undercuts its own messages. Every woman ends up married, including Diana with her instalove. There are no queer women - despite the fact that this is supposed to be an unconventional group - and no women who decide to stay single. I also just could never get over my dislike for Maxwell for creating the Registry in the first place. I thought Diana had more chemistry with Regina than with Maxwell, but - no. And the fact that there are NO bad, dubious, ill-intentioned, sketchy, lecherous, etc. people in this story at all - the only bad person is Diana's dead husband - makes it feel very unrealistic and flat.
Others may like this a lot more than me. If you are looking for super-sweet escapist instalove fluff, where the women break a few minor society rules and then all end up in happy marriages, then this may be for you.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was not engaging and very easy to tune out. I was quite bored with the book.
Simply delightful! This book just leaves you smiling! Loved the ladies taking the power back and finding love along the way.
