Booklog 7/2018 - Georgette Heyer: Frederica

[jacey]

It's no good, I'm a sucker for Heyer's regency romances. The Marquis of Alverstoke is rich, influential, thoroughly spoiled and bored by almost everyone he meets… until Frederica Merriville, a very distant relative, applies to him for help in launching her beautiful younger sister into Regency society. He only agrees in order to give his annoying, pushy, sister a set down, but finds that whatever Frederica is, she's not boring. Gradually drawn into the chaotic Merriville family (which also includes two irrepressible boys) Alverstoke learns his lessons and the ending is as you might expect. It's not the ending (which was flagged up from very early on in the book) but it's how the characters get there that's the delight. I really liked this one. Alverstoke was never completely irredeemable, and Frederica had a huge dollop of commonsense.

Comments

[watervole]

I'll move that up my list of Heyers to read.

[jacey]

I like most of Heyer's Regencies, though some protagonists are more ditzy than others. I think this is better than many.