A review by saranies
Black Sheep: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance by Georgette Heyer

3.0

I almost always want more novels like Jane Austen's Persuasion, set in Bath and telling the tale of an older unmarried woman. Glad I picked this up (on Jasmine Guillory's recommendation, either from a podcast or through her newsletter). It was light and fluffy. There was a rake, a reformed rake, some busybodies, a Nice Young Man, an ingenue, and a 28 year old who read more than her family would have liked. Also the book actually referenced people drinking the water at Bath, which lead me on a merry internet search to find out the different ways that people ingested the therapeutic nature of the water. Not just for sitting in!