Lady of Quality
Ratings5
Average rating3.6
I continue to enjoy Ms Heyer's books, even though there seems to be a pattern to them. I loved the strong male character who says exactly what is on his mind, even if (and especially if) it will anger the heroine.
Entertaining read, not my favorite Heyer, but fun nonetheless.
I find it interesting that I read this one very shortly after Black Sheep, since they have some noticeably similiarities in characters. Both books have an older (than 25) spinster who is trying to help a younger girl (niece or random stranger) with a marriage problem (one is in love with an inappropriate fortune-hunter, one not in love with her family's choice for husband). Both books have a gentleman guardian of the younger girl who shows less interest in being a guardian than the spinster believes he ought to, and who has a somewhat scandalous past and behaves outrageously & rudely (according to the strict dictates of society). The endings, however, were different and amusing in different ways (Black Sheep being the more unusual).