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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My least favourite kind of Heyer novel—one with a fiery-yet-naive heroine and a hero so full of upper-class, alpha male testosterone that I'd be surprised if he boasts but the one pair of testicles. Judith irritated me, and Worth was the very image of an even more insufferable version of Darcy, who never got the set-down that he so thoroughly required. Heyer lost any interest I might have had in him the moment he started carrying around Judith, touching her against her will and physically intimidating her; by the time he told her she needed a good beating, I absolutely detested him. Thoroughly dislikable characters in this one, every single one of them.
adventurous
fast-paced
Review - It always seems to take me a while to get into Heyer's books, but I really did get into this one - I loved the contentious relationship between the two main characters, though you knew from the start they would end up together. I also liked the inclusion of the Prince Regent and royal society, though it seems unlikely that he would have taken such a liking to a woman who normally would have nothing to do with him. Nevertheless, it is a good read.
Genre? - Historical / Romance
Characters? - Judith Taverner / Peregrine Taverner / Julian St John Audley, Earl of Worth / Charles Audley / Bernard Taverner
Setting? - London & Brighton (England)
Series? - N/A
Recommend? – Yes
Rating - 17/20
Genre? - Historical / Romance
Characters? - Judith Taverner / Peregrine Taverner / Julian St John Audley, Earl of Worth / Charles Audley / Bernard Taverner
Setting? - London & Brighton (England)
Series? - N/A
Recommend? – Yes
Rating - 17/20
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
The fact that this type worked for me is concerning to say the least.
Contains a lot of what makes Georgette Heyer novels so enjoyable: witty dialogue, some endearing characters, deep (but lightly worn) attention to period detail, and a plot that would be ludicrous if you cared to examine it closely.
I can't love this book however: it is too brutal. It was her first Regency novel, written in the 1930s, and you can tell: the hero is as unreconstructed as they come (arrogant, domineering and somehow always right) and the heroine is head-strong and blinkered (but adorable, of course). You could swap them for Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story and you wouldn't be far wrong. (Don't get me wrong - I love The Philadelphia Story - but the gender politics are dubious.) The hero doesn't go as far as to strike the heroine, but I wouldn't have been surprised had it happened.
Unlike Cotillion and The Grand Sophy, I won't be returning to this one.
I can't love this book however: it is too brutal. It was her first Regency novel, written in the 1930s, and you can tell: the hero is as unreconstructed as they come (arrogant, domineering and somehow always right) and the heroine is head-strong and blinkered (but adorable, of course). You could swap them for Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story and you wouldn't be far wrong. (Don't get me wrong - I love The Philadelphia Story - but the gender politics are dubious.) The hero doesn't go as far as to strike the heroine, but I wouldn't have been surprised had it happened.
Unlike Cotillion and The Grand Sophy, I won't be returning to this one.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated