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I'd never read a historical romance novel before last week; I'm not sure I even knew they existed. But then a friend lent me four Georgette Heyer novels and now I love her and her books and am left wondering where this week has gone. Has anyone read her?
Apparently she's written something close to forty novels, and I can't vouch for all of them, but I highly, highly recommend the ones I have read: Lady of Quality (great), Arabella (fantastic), These Old Shades (great), Devil's Cub (fantastic). They're mostly set in the Regency period. There is witty, charming dialogue, great settings and details, stylish writing, characters I fell in love with, and many passages that made me laugh aloud. I don't know what characters in romance novels are usually like (I've never read any) but Heyer's heorines are intelligent, capable, funny, relatable and not at all in danger of losing their heads to heroes. And the men are by turns wry, tempestuous, funny and dashing, and I would dearly love to meet two of them in real life (Robert Beaumaris and Vidal). And I love the insults that are hurled; I would very much like to go around calling people I don't like coxcombs.
One of the reviews says "I've read her books to ragged shreds" and that is exactly how I feel. I read Devil's Cub yesterday and I've already reread my favourite passages five times (and not just because I'm insane). So even though my finals start two weeks from today (four of six exams are worth one hundred percent of my grade), this week was worth it. But I am trying to exercise more willpower than I have to prevent myself from reading any more books before April 26.
Postcript: I bought my own copies of Arabella and Devil's Cub, as well as Venetia and The Grand Sophy. Venetia was very good, and I am saving The Grand Sophy for a study break over the next two weeks.
Apparently she's written something close to forty novels, and I can't vouch for all of them, but I highly, highly recommend the ones I have read: Lady of Quality (great), Arabella (fantastic), These Old Shades (great), Devil's Cub (fantastic). They're mostly set in the Regency period. There is witty, charming dialogue, great settings and details, stylish writing, characters I fell in love with, and many passages that made me laugh aloud. I don't know what characters in romance novels are usually like (I've never read any) but Heyer's heorines are intelligent, capable, funny, relatable and not at all in danger of losing their heads to heroes. And the men are by turns wry, tempestuous, funny and dashing, and I would dearly love to meet two of them in real life (Robert Beaumaris and Vidal). And I love the insults that are hurled; I would very much like to go around calling people I don't like coxcombs.
One of the reviews says "I've read her books to ragged shreds" and that is exactly how I feel. I read Devil's Cub yesterday and I've already reread my favourite passages five times (and not just because I'm insane). So even though my finals start two weeks from today (four of six exams are worth one hundred percent of my grade), this week was worth it. But I am trying to exercise more willpower than I have to prevent myself from reading any more books before April 26.
Postcript: I bought my own copies of Arabella and Devil's Cub, as well as Venetia and The Grand Sophy. Venetia was very good, and I am saving The Grand Sophy for a study break over the next two weeks.