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sophia_sol) wrote2020-04-14 06:00 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2020-04-14 06:00 pm
The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer
I think I may have read this book once before, long long ago, but could not remember what I thought of it so had to make a second go at it. And, well, this will never count among my favourite Heyers and in fact didn't find it worth reading.
It's Heyer at her most Heyerish: an ingenuous 17 year old female lead, a masterful 35 year old male lead, a lot of unnecessary hijinks involving secondary characters who are very foolish, and not a lot of proof that the leads could have a successful happy relationship between people who like each other.
Which is too bad, because I'm usually there for romances involving a marriage of convenience! This just....isn't much of a romance.
It's Heyer at her most Heyerish: an ingenuous 17 year old female lead, a masterful 35 year old male lead, a lot of unnecessary hijinks involving secondary characters who are very foolish, and not a lot of proof that the leads could have a successful happy relationship between people who like each other.
Which is too bad, because I'm usually there for romances involving a marriage of convenience! This just....isn't much of a romance.