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Summary: Awesome follow up!!!
Review: CB is one of my favorite authors. This is a great follow up to The Pretender. I have read all of her books so far and I would reccomend all of them. The other Liar's Club books that follow are just as good and enjoyable. I would also recommend her first book of The Royal Four, it was entertaining and I was glad to see Lord Treason come out on top for once. His treatment in this book broke my heart. I can't wait to read more of her writing, she is a great story teller.
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Summary: I liked it
Review: Didn't like it as much as the first in this series, but liked it enough to make me want to read the next one. The story was good, but the romance in my opinion took forever. Its not until the middle of the book they finally get together, and when they do get together, It still seems to take forever. It was a little rough for me. To wait that long and then have it that fast without much kissing, was a bit much, and later it was even rougher. But I loved the spy story (was a tad bit drawn out but not to bad), was a very different read, taking you this way and that, with it changing all along the way. It is a page turner, you will read this one fast. I skimmed over the sex parts myself, except the fruit parts. What they do with fruit is pretty sizzling. Its not a keeper for my library, but it is worth reading.
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Summary: I liked it
Review: Didn't like it as much as the first in this series, but liked it enough to make me want to read the next one. The story was good, but the romance in my opinion took forever. Its not until the middle of the book they finally get together, and when they do get together, It still seems to take forever. It was a little rough for me. To wait that long and then have it that fast without much kissing, was a bit much, and later it was even rougher. But I loved the spy story (was a tad bit drawn out but not to bad), was a very different read, taking you this way and that, with it changing all along the way. It is a page turner, you will read this one fast. I skimmed over the sex parts myself, except the fruit parts. What they do with fruit is pretty sizzling. Its not a keeper for my library, but it is worth reading.
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Summary: A very enjoyable read, but a little rough around the edges.
Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously! I don't remember ever laughing so much! Poor Dalton's costume was hilarious, and that was only one of many things. Celeste Bradley certainly has a talent for comedy. And I'm not really a big fan of "funny" romantic novels, I'm more the sentimental type, but the good thing is that this book has a lot of feeling too, and both things complement each other so nicely that I could barely put it down. The main characters-Dalton and Clara- are fabulous. Who would have thought that the cool and composed Lord Etheridge from "The Pretender" was so romantic and passionate inside. Clara was a surprise too. The quiet, self effacing widow was a reckless, corageous, impulsive, passionate and rather wild woman. The reason I did not give this book 5 stars, despite having enjoyed it so much is because there were several things that did not make much sense. For example, why did Clara run away in panic when she found out that "Monty" was the same man that was posing as Sir Thorogood? I don't think her reasoning is very well explained or justified in the book. Also, as other reviewer mentioned, there were some loose ends regarding the spionage plot. Why was Lord Reardon following Dalton? Was he the one trying to kill him? Moreover, there was a very obvious chronological mistake. In 1813, the year this story takes place, the Prince Regent was 51 years old, having been born in 1762. The age of the Liars and Lord Reardon is never stated clearly, but one is given to understand that they are somewhere between late twenties-early thirties. If Lord Reardon was already born and at least 5 years of age when the Prince was 16, then he would be at least 40 at the time of this book, which would make Simon a little older than that, but that is not possible because I remember Simon saying in the previous book "The Pretender", which take place in the same year as this one, that he hadn't been a boy for 15 years. If he were in his early forties, that would mean he was a boy until his late twenties, and that doesn't make sense. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but I can't say much without giving away the story. If you have read this book and "The Pretender", you probably know what I'm talking about. I think the editors, and the authors as well, should be more careful about this kind of mistakes. Sometimes I wonder why some really boring books are considered great literature, while the romance novels, which are much more entertaining and obviously take talent to write too, are looked down upon. And I think this is part of the reason. I understand this genre is mostly commercial, and there are deadlines to meet, but the quality should not be sacrificed. That said, I really think the book was very entertainning and will make you have a great time reading it. I certainly did.
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Summary: What a waste.
Review: I had too much difficulty getting into this story. There was verbage and verbage and by chapter 3, I tossed it. Too many good books out there to waste time on this mishmash.
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Summary: A writer who knows how to develop fascinating characters
Review: In 1813 Liar's Club agent Dalton Montgomery pretends to be a dandy as he poses as popular satirical cartoonist Sir Thorogood. Dalton wants to expose the real artist whose works scorn the country's aristocracy especially the leaders, drawing caricatures that make them look inane. Clara Simpson takes exception with Dalton masquerading as the popular Sir Thorogood since she knows that she is the genuine article. Clara decides to "expose" the impostor by trapping him into displaying his talent. She follows him everywhere and he believes she's a lovesick fruitcake. As Dalton doubts the assignment as being overkill, he begins to fall in love with his shadow. However, he remains unaware that if he unmasks Sir Thorogood he will jeopardize his talented beloved. THE IMPOSTOR is a fun action packed romantic suspense with agent vs. amateur counter agent as the prime plot. The battle to expose one another takes the audience on a wild ride as each one trumps the other though Dalton is ignorant that it is Clara he is chasing (in love too). Celeste Bradley pens a charming Regency tale that will prove to fans that this author is the real thing. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A writer who knows how to develop fascinating characters
Review: In 1813 Liar's Club agent Dalton Montgomery pretends to be a dandy as he poses as popular satirical cartoonist Sir Thorogood. Dalton wants to expose the real artist whose works scorn the country's aristocracy especially the leaders, drawing caricatures that make them look inane. Clara Simpson takes exception with Dalton masquerading as the popular Sir Thorogood since she knows that she is the genuine article. Clara decides to "expose" the impostor by trapping him into displaying his talent. She follows him everywhere and he believes she's a lovesick fruitcake. As Dalton doubts the assignment as being overkill, he begins to fall in love with his shadow. However, he remains unaware that if he unmasks Sir Thorogood he will jeopardize his talented beloved. THE IMPOSTOR is a fun action packed romantic suspense with agent vs. amateur counter agent as the prime plot. The battle to expose one another takes the audience on a wild ride as each one trumps the other though Dalton is ignorant that it is Clara he is chasing (in love too). Celeste Bradley pens a charming Regency tale that will prove to fans that this author is the real thing. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: a brilliant follow up to THE PRETENDER
Review: Sir Thorogood, the lampoonist, has been ruffling the feathers of the corrupt and the powerful (even as he's been entertaining everyone else) for quite a while now. So that Dalton Montmorency, Lord Etheridge, is rather surprised when Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister, 'requests' that the Liars discover who Lord Thorogood is and arrest him. Because there is really no one else he can send out on this particular mission, Montmorency decides to undertake the mission himself. And in order to do so, he decides to pretend to be Lord Thorogood (albeit a very foppish Lord Thorogood) in order to flush the lampoonist out. Instead of which he finds himself being hunted by one particularly foolish and brainless widow... Mrs. Clara Simpson knows that Dalton Montmorency cannot be Lord Thorogood because she's Lord Thorogood! How dare the foolish fribble try to steal her thunder. Clara has been secretly drawing cartoons as Lord Thorogood in order to expose the rich and powerful for the corrupt monsters that they are, and also because she wanted to earn enough money so that she needn't live as a poor relation with her in-laws any more. All was going well until this false Lord Thorogood turned up and starting receiving the accolades that were her due. Now Clara is determined to unmask the rogue -- except that in order to do so she'll have to shed her quiet widow's weeds and her refined manners and pursue the man. Is Clara up to the job? Dalton Montmorency is about to discover that dodging assassins is nothing compared to trying to elude a single-minded and angry young lady resolved to have her pound of flesh... While "The Impostor" is in many ways a worthy sequel to "The Pretender," I did think that in this novel the spy/intrigue subplot did take a bit of a back seat to the romance subplot. However, Celeste Bradley did such a magnificent job of developing the romance that blossoms between Clara and Dalton, that this slight 'flaw' didn't really matter all that much. As usual the character portrayals were really good, as was the storyline and the manner in which the authour allowed for the story to unfold. If I had any criticism, it was the that things took unnecessarily long for Dalton and Clara to achieve their happily ever-after ending (a whole extra chapter in fact). But (again) this is a very minor quibble, not worth mentioning. All in all, a magnificent 4 star read.
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Summary: A worthy follow-up to The Pretender
Review: The Imposter takes up the story of Dalton Montmorency (introduced in The Pretender), fleshes him out some more, and gives him a doozy of a romance. His last proposal (and the one before) are SO romantic. Sigh! Clara is a fabulous heroine: so smart, and talented, and sensible...except where Dalton/Monty is concerned. Like The Pretender, both main characters engage in the title activity. Here, both Dalton and Clara pretend to be someone they are not...more than one someone, in fact, to hilarious results. But in the midst of that mind-bending posing and a nasty bit of political intrigue, there are some wonderfully sweet and poignant moments of love, romance, and sensuality. Ah, the cat.... Underneath Dalton's formal exterior beats a kind and lovely heart. Although this novel didn't quite jump into the romance as quickly as The Pretender did, Clara's superb characterization made up for it. Feel free to read these two back to back; they occur only weeks apart, and you'll love revisiting familiar characters. A pleasure to read.
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Summary: What a ride!
Review: This book rockets along, with characters changing in and out of two or three personas with lightning swiftness and falling in love with each other on the way. I couldn't put this book down. A previous review said the prince's age was wrong, but after reading all three books, I think the author is just having fun with history. I didn't care, the prince obviously didn't care, and the story is everything a good romance should be. Hot, fast-paced and fun. Do NOT miss out on this series!
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