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Regency Buck
by Georgette Heyer
This book has all the necessary ingredients to be good, but somehow doesn't quite manage it.
Judith Taverner is the heiress, she is beautiful, rich, spirited, headstrong, everything a Heyer lady should be, and yet I did not like her.
Peregrine Taverner is her brother, he's funny, a bit stupid, constantly getting into scrapes but not endearing.
Lord Worth is their guardian until they both come of age and he's rich, handsome, domineering but not in a way that makes you go weak at the knees. He's just a bit, boring almost.
And then there's Charles Audley, Lord Worth's brother who is charming enough, but doesn't really make me want to read a book about him (don't worry, he's SO much improved in An Infamous Army).
There's a mystery subplot, someone's trying to kill Perry, which although pretty obvious (although it does make you second-guess yourself), provided a new dimension to the usual romance. There's a fabulous description of the Brighton Pavilion, and Beau Brummell is a great supporting character, but it's almost that the effort that's gone into the historical detail and the mystery has detracted from the usual character development.
I admit I crammed this book in between Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army but once I started it I realised that I had actually read it before but had no recollection of the story. Which I guess is the point, it's an ok read, just a bit forgettable.
Judith Taverner is the heiress, she is beautiful, rich, spirited, headstrong, everything a Heyer lady should be, and yet I did not like her.
Peregrine Taverner is her brother, he's funny, a bit stupid, constantly getting into scrapes but not endearing.
Lord Worth is their guardian until they both come of age and he's rich, handsome, domineering but not in a way that makes you go weak at the knees. He's just a bit, boring almost.
And then there's Charles Audley, Lord Worth's brother who is charming enough, but doesn't really make me want to read a book about him (don't worry, he's SO much improved in An Infamous Army).
There's a mystery subplot, someone's trying to kill Perry, which although pretty obvious (although it does make you second-guess yourself), provided a new dimension to the usual romance. There's a fabulous description of the Brighton Pavilion, and Beau Brummell is a great supporting character, but it's almost that the effort that's gone into the historical detail and the mystery has detracted from the usual character development.
I admit I crammed this book in between Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army but once I started it I realised that I had actually read it before but had no recollection of the story. Which I guess is the point, it's an ok read, just a bit forgettable.