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waclements7's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of the more unusual regencies I’ve read. Not necessarily in a bad way, although it did make the novel a little long. That was okay, though, because there were some interesting issues. The first is Robert Waterford, who obviously has a mental illness. He is one of Elisa’s three fiancés. She really does have bad luck. Robert has good “spells” and bad ones, and eventually stabs Duke Ruisdell (Elisa’s eventual fourth fiancé) and is sentenced to hang for attempted murder. The sad thing about this is that even were his mental disorder taken into consideration, the only alternative for him is Bedlam. I think at that point he may actually be better off being hung, unfortunately. He wouldn’t have been treated there, that’s for sure, and he probably would have gotten worse.
The second thing is that it actually shows wounded soldiers and Ruisdell talks about his war experience. I can’t speak to how accurate it is to the Napoleanic War, because I don’t know much about it—it’s never really discussed except as a backdrop, background information about someone coming or going. I liked the fact that Ruisdell knew Joshua. I think that makes their relationship even more special (both Joshua and Ruisdell’s and Elisa’s and Ruisdell’s).
I also loved Elisa’s Aunt and Sukey, along with Queen Elizabeth and George Five. There were just such interesting characters that were awesome characters, and then there were the characters I wanted to strangle, like Chessingdon and Marianne.
George Somerset deserves special mention as a friend of few words who is a stalwart and true friend. Everyone needs a George.
One of Elisa’s flaws is that she’s willing to trust people (like Chessingdon) who have shown their true colors yet she expects him to suddenly change and be a different, better person, which ends up causing a lot of unnecessary hardship.
I liked this, though, and would read other books by this author.
The second thing is that it actually shows wounded soldiers and Ruisdell talks about his war experience. I can’t speak to how accurate it is to the Napoleanic War, because I don’t know much about it—it’s never really discussed except as a backdrop, background information about someone coming or going. I liked the fact that Ruisdell knew Joshua. I think that makes their relationship even more special (both Joshua and Ruisdell’s and Elisa’s and Ruisdell’s).
I also loved Elisa’s Aunt and Sukey, along with Queen Elizabeth and George Five. There were just such interesting characters that were awesome characters, and then there were the characters I wanted to strangle, like Chessingdon and Marianne.
George Somerset deserves special mention as a friend of few words who is a stalwart and true friend. Everyone needs a George.
One of Elisa’s flaws is that she’s willing to trust people (like Chessingdon) who have shown their true colors yet she expects him to suddenly change and be a different, better person, which ends up causing a lot of unnecessary hardship.
I liked this, though, and would read other books by this author.
julianav's review against another edition
1.0
This author doesn't quit
Yet another awful Regency Romance from this author. The mary-sue love interest, the handsome hero who we're told is a rake, the idiotic former fiance, the crazy ex. Every potential is stifled with bad writing and the progression of the plot refuses to even remotely associate itself with being linear. Of course the book is supposedly structured to work as a play, but a high school student can do better. Avoid this book and this author of you want a good Regency romance read.
Yet another awful Regency Romance from this author. The mary-sue love interest, the handsome hero who we're told is a rake, the idiotic former fiance, the crazy ex. Every potential is stifled with bad writing and the progression of the plot refuses to even remotely associate itself with being linear. Of course the book is supposedly structured to work as a play, but a high school student can do better. Avoid this book and this author of you want a good Regency romance read.
melissasbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Fun, clean regency romance with plenty of twists and turns. Great quick read for a rainy day.
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