Started a bit slow and I was tempted to only go 4* but it picks up and halfway through the book zings!! Loved it! And ended up 5* and wanting the next book - NOW! =) Enjoy!
Shelley C. (sdgirl) -
Helpful Score: 1
I loved the quirky sisters ... reminds me of a more scandalous Bridgerton family (Julia Quinn). Hope we have more books to read on the sisters. Was a nice quick read.
This is supposed to be a sexy, funny regency romp. I didn't find it so. The sexy part was cliched by the numbers stuff, and the regency aspect was way too modern -- I see that the word 'shag' has been traced to 1788, but I doubt whether 'shagging' was in polite use in 1830. The whole sensibility of the book is way too modern in tone; I had no feeling of being in a different time & place.
I think it would have been a better book if she'd set it in current day -- the author's modern tone would have been okay, and she really could have told the same story using, say, wealthy computer guys who don't know how to act around women and hire an ex call girl to teach them.
For people looking for a park your brains read and are happy with something clearly set in RegencyLand instead of the real historic past, this might be mildly amusing. I thought it was a waste of my time & money, which is why I posted it here. Its only virtues I could see were that the characters are amiable enough and the print is comfortably large.
I think it would have been a better book if she'd set it in current day -- the author's modern tone would have been okay, and she really could have told the same story using, say, wealthy computer guys who don't know how to act around women and hire an ex call girl to teach them.
For people looking for a park your brains read and are happy with something clearly set in RegencyLand instead of the real historic past, this might be mildly amusing. I thought it was a waste of my time & money, which is why I posted it here. Its only virtues I could see were that the characters are amiable enough and the print is comfortably large.
