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Summary: wonderful!
Review: I really enjoyed this book by a talented writer. I enjoyed the characters, their arguing, their finding love can change us all.
Since this is first in a set of 3 books, I will be eagerly looking for the next in the series.
Rating:
Summary: wonderful!
Review: I really enjoyed this book by a talented writer. I enjoyed the characters, their arguing, their finding love can change us all.
Since this is first in a set of 3 books, I will be eagerly looking for the next in the series.
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Summary: Hate the trilogy
Review: I really love Jane Feather but this 'three sister' trilogy is terribly devised. I read this book but I refuse to read the other two in the trilogy becuase, frankly, the sisters are not likable and are definitely not 'heroine' material. When you put their ways of thinking and ways of acting in the time period that they're in, the whole story becomes laughable. I'm not attacking their feminist beliefs, but I am questioning how realistic it is for these three sisters to not only survive on their little enterprises AND conceal all of their adventures from everyone else, but also "decide" quite matter-of-factly that they're all going to lose their virginity--there's a deadline too--to their "gentlemen friends." Why? Because they want to prove something to themselves. Because they don't want virginity to be a "burden." Ok, first of all, this idea is just plain stupid. Not only is it silly, and possibly dangerous, but they're just doing it for the sake of having done it. And they claim to be level-headed, intelligent young women. Second of all, Jane Feather is asking her readers to believe an incredible thing: that these "gentlemen friends" are not going to keep this all a secret?!! And WHO ARE these guys anyway? IF they're friends, why don't they appear in the novel to help the sisters? Third, this idea is not romantic in the least, it destroys the integrity of these sisters and it makes us question their very character. I feel sorry for the men who fall in love with them. I'm not applying double standards here, but I do wish to point out that the premise this whole series is built on is too outrageous to be taken seriously (or taken romantically). Even disregarding the time period, the personalities of the sisters do not fit the way that they're acting, especially Charity. In conclusion, I also do not like how the sisters can be so condenscending, always making fun of their guests, believing themselves to be better and more-educated. I think their intentions are good, and they think they're doing the right thing, but I really wish they stop blinding themselves to reality and learn to accept and tolerate things from other people instead of always imposing their beliefs on others.
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Summary: a brilliant new Trilogy from master storyteller Feather
Review: Jane Feather has been turning out well-crafted tales for so long, to where you expect somewhere along the way that she might loose steam and let readers down, as many of the other bigger names in Romance seem to be doing these days. Well, if she does...it will be another day, for this book is a smashing good time! First in a trilogy about the Duncan Sisters - Constance, Prudence and Chastity - they are not the Victorian misses their names would lead one to believe. They are strong women's righters and publish - anonymously of course - a suffragette rag called "The Mayfair Lady". In no hurry to marry, sister number 1 - Constance runs headlong into Max Ensor, a member of parliament, and sparks and fur fly! For Max's view on a woman's place in society vastly differ from the fiery Constance - in fact that are diametrically opposed! But politics be damn, when sexual attraction pull two such together, and we know they will fall in love. Feather keeps the pace moving with witty repartee between Max and Constance, and it's fun to watch their love round off the harsh edges of both of their beliefs, especially as they struggle to learn the day-to-day way to make a marriage a marriage and not a battle ground. Max and Constance leap off the pages. They are intelligent, adults and as they try to score points on the others, it will keep readers delighted. This one is a KEEPER and leaves us desperate for the next two tales in the series. Very highly recommended!
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Summary: Too much and not enough
Review: Too much about the food, too much [physical relations], not enough romance. Lust has to be grounded in reality when reading an historical novel - women of that era were just too indoctrinated against just having [physicale relation]for fun. In this novel it felt distracting and unrealistic. I liked the concept of this novel but the women, instead of being "smart" just came off frivolous, being more concerned about their sweet tooth than about women's rights. I couldn't even finish this book.
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