Review: A Lovely Regency
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2013
This was a lovely, elegant regency mostly set in Bath. It was subtle and had such a lovely old-world air to the prose. The writing was flawless, I suppose some might compare it to Austen, it did have some similarities in tone and description. The ending was a little abrupt, it definitely could have used an epilogue, but other than that this was an excellent work. I liked the heroine. She reminded me of Elizabeth Bennett, a most proper young lady who had a mischievous streak. The Hero was a little harder to nail down, but I was sufficiently impressed with Cecily's descriptions of her feelings for him that I enjoyed him as well, but I would have liked to have visited with him for a bit more. I didn't mind not hearing about his thighs stretching his breeches near to bursting as so many other regency heroes are described, but I would have liked to know the exact color of his eyes, his age, and seen a little more of his general personality. The sister was a nice character, I would have liked to see her with at least a beau, but perhaps she gets her own story in time. This was a bittersweet regency, there was a lot of tragedy, especially on the Hero's side, but it ends as it should, if a little suddenly. Very highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.