Review: Mixed emotions
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2013
I have mixed feelings about this book.  It is totally implausable yet very, very funny.  Would I say that this is in the vein of beloved Georgette Heyer?  NO!  While Georgette does include some 'romps' in some of her novels, Chater's writing is no where near Ms. Heyers.  The characters, Pommy and the Duke are amusing, though, and the plot (can I say there is a plot?) is zany, but Jane Austen would roll in her grave if any regency character behaved as these do.  But I guess I have to lighten up in my old age, and accept the fact that there are very few to match her, or Ms. Heyer's, level of adherence to the language or mores of the time.  Some of Ms. Chater's choices of words are so out of the era that I cringe; brouhaha (not 'til late 19th century) and miniseries (20th century)?  And I love this; 'They accomplished prodigies for her....'? What does that mean?  Oh well.  And the editing can be amusing, in addition to annoying; the 'arsons mousetrap'?  LOL!But if you're not a stickler for authenticity, for $.99, this might be a good way out of the winter blues!  I'm not sure I'll read another of this author's though...at least not for more than $1.