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by Georgette Heyer
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A Sea of Stars
A Sea of Stars rated it 12 years ago
3.5 stars. I enjoyed the audio version to a degree of about 5 stars. I mean, Richard, honestly....And then the fact that I listened to it with my Awesome Older Sister and we sat in her room, drinking Mountain Dew and Sparkling Apple Cider and eating Hershey's Cookie 'n Cream bars and Nuggets (yum), ...
nessochist
nessochist rated it 13 years ago
2.5 stars. Looooved Rule. Grew weary with the immaturity of everything else.
Reading a Thousand Lives
Reading a Thousand Lives rated it 13 years ago
This has so much plot for a Heyer! I say that with affection, but I don't really associate adventure and plotting with Heyer. But oh my god this one was full of it! And Horatia! I'm positively in love with her, such a capable, competent heroine is not easily found in regency romance. Horatia was abl...
Much About Books
Much About Books rated it 13 years ago
Hilarious! I can't stop laughing over "Pel" and "Pom"... their antics! The Earl is delightfully droll - reminds me a bit of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the way he pretends to be one thing and is quite another. And the heroine, "Horry" Horatia! At times, I felt Horry ought to be spanked, and at other time...
Kim Reads and Bakes
Kim Reads and Bakes rated it 14 years ago
Why did it take me so long to re-read this Georgette Heyer novel? I had forgotten what a romp it is. Ok, so it's not her best work and definitely not in my top five Heyer favourites (I much prefer the novels with older heroines!), but it is nevertheless a well-plotted and entertaining read. Horry is...
tien
tien rated it 14 years ago
Horatio Winwood is the youngest daughter of the Winwoods but she does not carry the Winwood charateristics of the arched eyebrows & height. Her eldest sister's hand, Lizzie, was sought in marriage by the Duke of Rule. Whilst Lizzie was in love with another gentleman, she is being forced to accept ...
DP9
DP9 rated it 14 years ago
Utterly charming, and aggravating enough to have me shouting at the characters when they were being particularly silly.
Romancekolik
Romancekolik rated it 15 years ago
Aşka Bir Şans Daha'yı da Bitirdim. Kazam Mübarek Olsun. Öncelikle Açıklamamı Yapim Herkesin Yüreğine Su Serpilsin. Kitabın Adına Bakarakta Aldanan Sevgili Arkadaşlarım "Aşka Bir Şans Daha" Olsada Kitabın İsmi Aşk Yok ki Şans Verelim :D Resmen Adam Karısına Yanaşmıyor. Kitap Boyunca 3 Kez Öptüğüne Şa...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 15 years ago
Seventeen-year-old Horatia marries Rule to save her family from penury after her brother Pelham gambles away their fortune. Rule originally intended to marry the beautiful older sister Elizabeth, but she is in love with an army officer named Edward. Rule is intrigued by Horry's forthright speech and...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 16 years ago
I'd read The Convenient Marriage quite recently, so I sort of skimmed over it. I do enjoy it, but not that much. (Here's my recent {monthly reading list blurb} on it.)
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