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| ISBN: | 0061001783 (ISBN13: 9780061001789) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Kitty Charing, Frederick "Freddy" Standen |
| Setting: | London, England,1816(United Kingdom) |
Georgette Heyer
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.05 | 13036 Users | 1387 Reviews
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I love, love, love, Freddy!!! He is one of my top (if not THE top) Georgette Heyer heros. Surprised that's how I feel? Then let me explain. Freddy isn't your average GH hero, he is a pink, NOT a rake, NOT a nonsuch and certainly NOT 'in the petticoat line'. He is quite simply everyone's friend but no ones crush. His cousin Jack (Who IS a rake, IS a nonsuch and is VERY much in the petticoat line) thinks he's amusing in the way that you might find a kitten or puppy amusing. Which effectively made me hate, hate, hate Jack for the rest of the book! Because the thing about Freddy is that he tries REALLY hard and make's things work out right. He isn't suave, he isn't able to just swan about and fix everything effortlessly, and I loved him for it! The happy endings he managed to salvage out of horrible tangles where all the better because he'd given his all to make it happen. And being ready to take a bashing for your girl, even when you know without a shadow of a doubt your gonna be beaten to pulp, makes a true hero. A nonsuch would have known he was going to win, and therefore his willingness would not be as brave.
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| Title | : | Cotillion |
| Author | : | Georgette Heyer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1991 by HarperPrism (first published 1953) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Historical Romance. Regency. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 13036 Users | 1387 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books Cotillion
Kitty Charing is the orphaned ward of the miserly and eccentric Mr. Matthew Penicuik. "Uncle Matthew" has no children of his own, but has five grand-nephews, including his favorite, the suave and handsome gambler Jack. Kitty has a crush on Jack, and Matthew hopes hell marry Kitty, but he decides to throw the field wide open: he'll leave Kitty his fortune, contingent on her marrying any of his grand-nephews. So Matthew calls a meeting of all of his single grand-nephews, two of whom promptlyRegency. The one where Kitty's eccentric guardian requires her to marry one of his nephews to get her inheritance, and Kitty schemes to get the one she wants.This is not a good starter regency romance. It's a great tenth regency, particularly for people, like me, who really dislike the ones where the heroine falls for the handsome rake who she tames generally by letting him do appalling things to her. This is not that book. Very deliberately and awesomely not. It is a book about not being that
No, this one is my new favorite!On Facebook a friend was talking about how many layers there are in Heyer's "sweet" romances, and it's so true! This one not only has a weird will, and mysterious Frenchmen, but also things like a young earl who is mentally handicapped, and a beautiful girl of low family who might be, essentially, auctioned off as a mistress!Phyllida Nash, once again, is a great reader for these!
This was me finishing my first Heyer novel. Yeah, yeah, yeah... where have I been. Kitty is the duckling ready to assume her swan plumage, and does she ever in this escape from Cranky Manor where her guardian has kept her in the severest of conditions. Needless to say, as soon as the opportunity presents itself, Kitty is on the first coach out of there. And thus begins the shenanigans. The entire story is amusing and set at a breakneck pace. Imagine if you will, Austen pairing up with Gilbert
I believe that this book is the definition of the word "romp." It's all a farce, hardly any romance in it at all except the silly kind Heyer makes fun of (despite the fact that the story is almost all tangled marriage plots- they just involve such ridiculous people who by and large are not in love with each other, so there's absolutely no romance at all.). There are a plethora of laugh out loud lines and exchanges, and I very much wish that someone would turn this into a play in the style of
This is a treasure, and was such a pleasure to read! Kitty is a naive, caring country girl who convinces mild-mannered Clark Kent - oops, I mean Freddy to engage in a fake betrothal with her so she can escape her miserly adopted uncle and enjoy some time in London. Kitty is a very likeable but impulsive heroine who creates plenty of opportunities for Freddy to come to her rescue, which he does repeatedly.I absolutely loved Freddy! He is the perfect example of an alpha male in disguise; a
I love Freddy. I just adored his gradual awakening and transformation into the man he was never really called upon to be until Kitty literally RAN AWAY into his life and he had to step up. Plus this line nearly made me swoon: "Stands to reason if youre in it I must be too. ---- FREDDY BE STILL MY HEART YOU DEAR MAN.Lots of family drama and shenanigans as usually per Heyer but this was the first book of hers were I was totally into the hero and his character development than the heroine. Don't
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