Reviews

The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer

gijanechosen's review

4.0

I debated giving the book 3 stars because at a certain point a little past the middle I started to get bored of the 'I love you but I hate you' thing, however overall I did enjoy the book and the writing style. I really liked the beginning and thought it had a good ending (which makes a nice last impression) so therefore this book gets 4 stars.

christineparkerco's review

2.0

This was a pretty mindless, unrealistic romance novel, but it was easy to read and relatively entertaining. There was a lot of Now I Love You, Now I Don't back and forth action that was annoying and the plot was completely ridiculous, but I guess anyone with a pen and paper can have a silly book published these days.

Wouldn't really recommend this book unless you need a fast read for on the beach maybe where you don't actually want to use your brain while you're reading it.

catrev's review

3.0

The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer is the third book in the Miss Pickworth series taking place in Regency England. Prudence Watson is the toast of the ton with her golden curls and rosy cheeks, but while traveling in Yorkshire, she is struck by the plight of mill workers and feels the need to improve their working conditions. But when she meets the mill owner, William Sherbourne, she is forced to reconsider her quest. This historical romance never quite clicked for me. The story is mostly dialogue, and while Palmer tries to imitate Austen's quick wit and clever conversations, I was more frustrated by Prudence and William's insistence on always thinking the worst of each other and never telling the truth. I didn't understand what they saw in each other, because he was consistently telling her and everyone else that he was a cad, and she was forever telling him that she was silly. I enjoyed the historical portion of the story with Prudence's work in the mill and her relationship with her sisters was amusing as well.

blackngoldgirlsbookspot's review

4.0

I really enjoyed this Regency romance. I was a little frustrated with the love- hate, love- hate relationship but it grew on me and The Courteous Cad turned out to be a nice conclusion to the Miss Pickworth series!

pqlibrarian's review

2.0

Hmmm...did I expect too much? The characters are kind of wishy washy: "You must help us" and a few pages later "You must leave here". "I hate you....no wait a minute, I love you" (OK, not direct quotes, but you get the picture). I'm feeling flu-like symptoms coming on.