Review: Too Dear for Short Nonsense
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2012
Of course, this writer is acceptable to those who admire writing of Georgette Heyer as she produced "clean regency" romances, but it was a small production compared to her other writings. This particular story was not worth the current price of 2.99 for kindle edition. It was just OK. Do yourself a big favor and wait until Aug 14 through Aug 20 (NEXT WEEK!) to take advantage of the reduced pricing of all Georgette Heyer books (54) from sourcebooks in celebration of what would have been her 110th birthday. I am quite sure Amazon will carry that deal. She was the queen of that genre. Get Arabella, Frederica, The Grand Sophy, Venetia, Reluctant Widow, among others. She had admirable heroines in her Bath books as well (Lady of Quality, Bath Tangle, Black Sheep). What I am talking about is admirable heroines, believable life circumstances, interesting characters, great humour woven through much of her writing with authentic historical references - but you know this, I hope. IF NOT...grab samples and buy while prices reduced from the typical $9 level. You will come back to read over and over. All of her imitators get deleted from my kindle with no wish to revisit. Diamond did a better job in a couple other books - I likeA Lady's Point of View-the one with heroine who needed glasses best, I think.