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A review by attytheresa
April Lady by Georgette Heyer
2.0
Tis the wee hours and I just finished my re-read of this romp from a favorite author, and have to say was severely disappointed. I found it incredibly irritating in so very many ways - especially Giles and Nell. For heaven's sake, how do you expect your extremely young inexperienced wife to behave when suddenly endowed with money and freedom? And since when is it a good idea to dress her down as you do your young sister, whom you have installed in your household and expect your equally young and naive wife to chaperone?
And the whole ridiculous mess of the dress bill... utterly preposturous, even for this genre.
Plus at the end suddenly caving in and agreeing to Letty's immediate marriage..absurd!
Definitely to my mind one of Heyer's weaker entries, saved only by a couple of set pieces (the cockroach business was inspired) and side characters (Corny is a hoot). Even Heyer's usual deft use of cant to bring you into the scene irritated rather than charmed me.
What was also odd for me at least was that this read as if I had never read it before. I know I did because I read all of them 40 or so years ago. Then again, it's very likely I have not read it since I remember absolutely nothing, zip, nada.
I was constantly impatient reading this one, finding it hard to settle into. Or maybe I am still too immersed in the intense drama of the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones to be reading something so frivolous. 😁
And the whole ridiculous mess of the dress bill... utterly preposturous, even for this genre.
Plus at the end suddenly caving in and agreeing to Letty's immediate marriage..absurd!
Definitely to my mind one of Heyer's weaker entries, saved only by a couple of set pieces (the cockroach business was inspired) and side characters (Corny is a hoot). Even Heyer's usual deft use of cant to bring you into the scene irritated rather than charmed me.
What was also odd for me at least was that this read as if I had never read it before. I know I did because I read all of them 40 or so years ago. Then again, it's very likely I have not read it since I remember absolutely nothing, zip, nada.
I was constantly impatient reading this one, finding it hard to settle into. Or maybe I am still too immersed in the intense drama of the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones to be reading something so frivolous. 😁