somasunshine 's review for:

Frederica by Georgette Heyer

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This! book! yes!
This was so much fun.

• The characters were great and the way they were portrayed was hilarious (Charis, Endymion and Averstoke) and also heartwarming (Jessamy and Felix). I loved Frederica so much as well. The way that she talks circles around Averstoke was great. The way Averstoke reluctantly forms an attachment to Frederica and her two younger brothers was so lovely. I loved that we were shown how he slowly warmed up to them but somehow he also stays pretty cold towards his own/real relations.
• Compared to The Grand Sophy we got a lot more emotional landscape from our protagonists, which is a big bonus point for me.
  Averstoke realized that he was in love with Frederica and actually decided to do something about it. We saw him come to this realization and we saw him take that decision which was a bit missing for Charles imo.
• The two idiots (I say this lovingly) Charis and Endymion also added some action towards the end so that we readers wouldn't get bored although there was really no way we were going to be bored with Felix' antics.

It was just a lovely book and I would like to read more books like it.