Review: Barbara Cartland for Modern Readers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
Aileen Fish' style is very reminiscent of Barbara Cartland's works, but without all the ...pauses and ...breathless intakes of breath! Silliness aside, Ms. Fish did an excellent job of placing the reader's feet directly into Regency sod.All of the proper protocols were there, from correct title usage, to the conventions of the day, to the modes of entertainment and speech.The story was simple, much like Cartland's back in the day.Impeccable editing.If you're looking for a super clean romance set in the Regency period, this book, and I imagine her others, is definitely for you. It is a novella, so don't come back and complain about how it was too short. It's a novella, and it is priced appropriately for a novella.It does not have Austen's rapier wit or clever dialogue. That being said, I strongly believe we should support writers who do not put trash out on the market. Her romance is very clean. This would be a great starter book for younger girls searching for historical romance.