The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780749938321 (0749938323)
Publish date: August 2nd 2007
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Regency,
Regency Romance
Series: Bevelstoke (#1)
I've generally enjoyed the Quinn books I've read, but this is a dud. Mismatched couple, dickish dude, doormatty lady. The first act complication -- love interest abandons Miss Cheever, who must weather an unplanned pregnancy alone -- was so awful I was done with main man completely. Second act compl...
It was all rather sweet, writing definitely on the more sophisticated side in this genre. This whole "why won't you love me" thing got on my nerves. It dragged on for too long. The characters of Turner and Miranda were inconsistent. But I did not dislike either of them so that was ok. This book remi...
I’m a big fan of Julia Quinn and her awesome historical romances, but The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (by the way, her diaries are really not a secret) just didn’t work for me. Well, more precisely, I didn’t like the hero, Turner. I like dark, brooding heroes in my HR as well as the next ...
As I was reading a bit serious books so wanted some “lighthearted-book” dose. And what could be more entertaining than a JQ book which will be filled with witty and sharp dialogs with a peculiar female protagonist. So that’s how I picked up this books. But this was a bit disappointing. It started of...
Torture. It was a real torture to read this awful book. Miranda was so pathetic and Turner, an ass. Their conversation for about a quarter of the book was about her beauty.. or lack of. And when she was only 10-year-old, it was like she was a teenager:- Miranda: people say I am plain.- Turner: you a...