Review: The Archery Contest
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
The book is vapid and ridiculous.  Lady Wilhemina Kirkpatrick(Willy) is a seventeen year old pampered rich girl who has decided that she wants Alexander Fitzhugh, a man nearly twice her age and a rake. The entire book is about balls, soirees, etc. where she chases after him and throws herself at him. Alexander is a large man and Willy is a petite woman; he likes hearty women because he has such a lustful appetite and believes he would "break" a small woman. Even though he prides himself on having a" good brain", whenever he's around Willy he lets what lies between his legs do the thinking for him. His grammar made me want to gnash my teeth also; I realize that some of the terms used may have been commonplace but I grew heartily bored with him calling himself "meself" or terms such as "me coat" and "ain't". I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.