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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was reluctant to start this book because it's blurbed by Nora Roberts, but it's actually delightful, a very clever take on the Jane Austen style, aka "Regency." Light, funny, a bit predictable but enjoyable.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Frederica is one of the best I've read of Georgette Heyer's novels. Frederica Merriville is in charge of her family while the head of the household, her brother Harry, is at Oxford; she goes to the Marquis of Alverstoke, a distant relation, to engage his help in launching her beautiful sister Charis into society. I loved the Merriville family (particularly the sensible Frederica and her youngest brother, impetuous, machine-mad Felix) and how the cynical Alverstoke is gradually drawn into all of their doings. Heyer's depiction of Regency London is spot-on, as always for the mistress of Regency romance, and this is altogether an entirely charming book.
Frederica is one of Heyer's best. It was also one of the first of hers that I read and it was just delightful. It was a fun fall re-read.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had fun. Frederica and her siblings are diverting and it was fun watching them turn Alverstoke on his head. They got into the wildest scrapes and he changed and grew in the best ways from managing them. It's a slow book, as most Heyer books are, but I was entertained and I enjoyed the ride anyways.
This is my first (finished) Heyer novel. I read through the end, so I must have liked it, and really I did, but I finished it feeling like I needed more. There is a lot of dialogue, not much happening, and the story wraps up as soon as the two get together.
I haven't read this in years - I've just listened to the audio version, narrated by Clifford Norgate.
I'd more or less forgotten the plot, but it's one of those books where the inclusion of younger siblings works really well and makes for some funny and delightful moments. The romance between Frederica and Alverstoke moves slowly, with him becoming aware of his feelings for her quite some time before (it seems) she has any idea, or about hers for him. They form a strong friendship to start with, and I always enjoy friends-to-lovers stories, so that's an added bonus.
The narration is excellent on the whole; Norgate has a mellifluous voice and brings to life a large cast of characters which includes children, dowagers and tulips of the ton. If I have one criticism, it's that he's chosen such a deep tone for Alverstoke. I realise this is to mark him out as different from the other male characters, but there are times he sounds a bit too old for a man in his late 30s.
But even with that caveat, it's a very skilful and varied performance, and is certainly one I'd listen to again.
I'd more or less forgotten the plot, but it's one of those books where the inclusion of younger siblings works really well and makes for some funny and delightful moments. The romance between Frederica and Alverstoke moves slowly, with him becoming aware of his feelings for her quite some time before (it seems) she has any idea, or about hers for him. They form a strong friendship to start with, and I always enjoy friends-to-lovers stories, so that's an added bonus.
The narration is excellent on the whole; Norgate has a mellifluous voice and brings to life a large cast of characters which includes children, dowagers and tulips of the ton. If I have one criticism, it's that he's chosen such a deep tone for Alverstoke. I realise this is to mark him out as different from the other male characters, but there are times he sounds a bit too old for a man in his late 30s.
But even with that caveat, it's a very skilful and varied performance, and is certainly one I'd listen to again.