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A review by meezcarrie
Misleading Miss Verity by Carolyn Miller
5.0
The banter!!! Oh be still my Regency-romance loving heart! The instant chemistry between Anthony & Verity – and their subsequent witty conversations & delightful banter – kept me all a’swoon throughout Misleading Miss Verity.
Verity is a bit of a hoyden and it’s tempting to write her off as never serious or too spirited. However, yet again, Miller takes us deeper than just Verity’s surface personality and I believe she ended up being my favorite character yet from this author! Anthony isn’t a typical ‘hero’ as far as Regency heroes go – he’s not all brawn and bravado, for sure – yet there’s an attractive strength to him nonetheless. As I read their story & their increasing affection for one another, I couldn’t help but think of Sir Walter Scott’s profound quote, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.” Certainly they both learn this truth the hard way, though the irony of the final chapter positively delighted me. (And I must say here that I didn’t appreciate the sisters’ grandmother nearly as much in book 1 as I did in this last book of the trilogy – she definitely became a favorite of mine in this novel!)
Bottom Line: I loved the Scottish setting to Misleading Miss Verity – as well as an introduction to the author’s own New South Wales. The estate/castle of Dungally, the Chisholm family (who reminded me in all the best ways of the Weasleys for a time), the delightful humor laced throughout, and the clever wordplay of that title – all of it kept me thoroughly entertained from first chapter to last. Topping it off is the tender message of our self-worth being found fully in the One who loves us better than anyone else could. The perfect ending to a positively wonderful trilogy, and I look forward to seeing these characters pop up elsewhere in Miller’s regency universe!
(I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book)
first seen at Reading Is My SuperPower
Verity is a bit of a hoyden and it’s tempting to write her off as never serious or too spirited. However, yet again, Miller takes us deeper than just Verity’s surface personality and I believe she ended up being my favorite character yet from this author! Anthony isn’t a typical ‘hero’ as far as Regency heroes go – he’s not all brawn and bravado, for sure – yet there’s an attractive strength to him nonetheless. As I read their story & their increasing affection for one another, I couldn’t help but think of Sir Walter Scott’s profound quote, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.” Certainly they both learn this truth the hard way, though the irony of the final chapter positively delighted me. (And I must say here that I didn’t appreciate the sisters’ grandmother nearly as much in book 1 as I did in this last book of the trilogy – she definitely became a favorite of mine in this novel!)
Bottom Line: I loved the Scottish setting to Misleading Miss Verity – as well as an introduction to the author’s own New South Wales. The estate/castle of Dungally, the Chisholm family (who reminded me in all the best ways of the Weasleys for a time), the delightful humor laced throughout, and the clever wordplay of that title – all of it kept me thoroughly entertained from first chapter to last. Topping it off is the tender message of our self-worth being found fully in the One who loves us better than anyone else could. The perfect ending to a positively wonderful trilogy, and I look forward to seeing these characters pop up elsewhere in Miller’s regency universe!
(I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book)
first seen at Reading Is My SuperPower