Say Yes to the Marquess, Tessa Dare
This one's pretty silly, guys.
Tessa Dare writes (mostly) Regency romances, and the main attraction of her books for me is that she's so freaking funny. The dialogue is hilarious and the plot usually is too, so for all the total lack of historical accuracy, I enjoy her books so much because they're just really, really funny. Say Yes to the Marquess is too, but I just... really did not care much about the main couple. If it had just been them, I probably would have put this book down and not returned to it, but there was Phoebe. I will tell you about Phoebe later.
The basic plot: Miss Clio Whitmore has been engaged to Piers Brandon, Marquess of Granville, for eight years. She's sick of waiting around and decides to end the engagement, but to do that she needs Piers's consent. Piers is off somewhere doing diplomatic stuff, so in his stead, Clio asks for his brother's help. Rafe Brandon, a professional boxer, for whatever reason is absolutely 100% determined that Clio is going to marry his brother-- I was never quite clear on his motivations. He sets out to convince her through increasingly elaborate schemes, assisted by his trainer/"friend," and to absolutely no one's surprise ends up marrying her at the end of the book.
So, yeah. It's basic, it's entertaining, but Clio and Rafe didn't really hold my attention at all. However, fortunately, Clio came with family of her own. Her married sister was kind of eh to me as well, as was her brother-in-law, but her little sister Phoebe!
Phoebe is fourteen and pretty clearly autistic and she is such a joy, you guys. As far as I could tell (not autistic here) she was an accurate portrayal of an autistic girl, and she was so sympathetic and so lovely and I just loved her. I loved everything she did, I loved every word she said. I wanted so much more of Phoebe. I want her to have her own book! I WANT MORE PHOEBE, TESSA DARE. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Ahem. The rest of it is pretty meh, but Phoebe is such a delight I put up with it. If Phoebe ever gets her own book, and she's written the same way, I wholeheartedly recommended that one.
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Tessa Dare writes (mostly) Regency romances, and the main attraction of her books for me is that she's so freaking funny. The dialogue is hilarious and the plot usually is too, so for all the total lack of historical accuracy, I enjoy her books so much because they're just really, really funny. Say Yes to the Marquess is too, but I just... really did not care much about the main couple. If it had just been them, I probably would have put this book down and not returned to it, but there was Phoebe. I will tell you about Phoebe later.
The basic plot: Miss Clio Whitmore has been engaged to Piers Brandon, Marquess of Granville, for eight years. She's sick of waiting around and decides to end the engagement, but to do that she needs Piers's consent. Piers is off somewhere doing diplomatic stuff, so in his stead, Clio asks for his brother's help. Rafe Brandon, a professional boxer, for whatever reason is absolutely 100% determined that Clio is going to marry his brother-- I was never quite clear on his motivations. He sets out to convince her through increasingly elaborate schemes, assisted by his trainer/"friend," and to absolutely no one's surprise ends up marrying her at the end of the book.
So, yeah. It's basic, it's entertaining, but Clio and Rafe didn't really hold my attention at all. However, fortunately, Clio came with family of her own. Her married sister was kind of eh to me as well, as was her brother-in-law, but her little sister Phoebe!
Phoebe is fourteen and pretty clearly autistic and she is such a joy, you guys. As far as I could tell (not autistic here) she was an accurate portrayal of an autistic girl, and she was so sympathetic and so lovely and I just loved her. I loved everything she did, I loved every word she said. I wanted so much more of Phoebe. I want her to have her own book! I WANT MORE PHOEBE, TESSA DARE. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Ahem. The rest of it is pretty meh, but Phoebe is such a delight I put up with it. If Phoebe ever gets her own book, and she's written the same way, I wholeheartedly recommended that one.
This entry is crossposted at http://bookblather.dreamwidth.org/386260.html. Please comment over there if possible.