A review by salreads
April Lady by Georgette Heyer

3.0

I discovered Georgette Heyer when I was a student, Her regency romances were an absolute delight and the best distraction from academic texts.. This was my first return to her work since those days and I found the same lovely comedy - a bit like a less serious Jane Austen. This is the story of Nell, a young and beautiful young woman who is married to Cardross in what she perceives to be a marriage of convenience. It is also the story of Nell's brother Dysart who is a bit of a lad, and Cardross' sister Letty who will do anything to achieve her desires. The story is funny, full of mishap/ missed chances. and misapprehensions! I greatly enjoyed my return to Georgette Heyer. The narrator had a lovely clear voice, however I found it much harder to listen to a Heyer novel than to read it and this surprised me. I could not get into the swing of it to start with and found it a little fast. I wasn't sure about the voicing of the male characters and I think that this was in part due to the very archaic language the male characters seemed to use - this sounded particularly awkward. However, I did really enjoy my return to Heyer and will definitely be revisiting some of my favourites. With thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House UK Audio for a digital copy of this lovely book.