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Summary: Another Wonderful Romp
Review: For those who enjoyed The Switch, Lynsay Sands has provided another amusing trek through the regency era. As always, the flat-out funny style of these stories is a kick, and she always leaves me laughing.
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Summary: what a super romp!!
Review: I am not much at writing a good review, but I know that I am several of my family members read this book and found it charming, witting and a devine HOWL!!!!Lynsay Sands is one super writer!!!! WISE Writers and Readers Book of the Month for January 2001
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Summary: The Lady buckles swashes
Review: I got this book from a friend of mine who totally loves it, so I figured I'd read it to see if I like... Usually I'm not a heavy romance reader, but stick with fiction and thrillers. But boy am I glad I read this one!!!
It's hysterical! I don't know how many times I laughed out loud reading this book nor how many thought of me as nuts when I did so at home, on the bus... I simply had to take it everywhere with me, only to find out what would happen next. You have a 24 years old woman, Valoree, born a lady, who has been dressing up as a boy and managed to fool her crew as the captain of a pirate ship, mainly to get revenge for her brother's death. When she goes to claim her heir, Ainsley Castle, with a drunken as her aunt and the pirates as servent and dressed up as a lady herself, she's told that in order to inherit she needs to be married to a nobleman and with child before turning 25. With little time to solve the task, her crew decides to help her find a man to marry. But Valoree is one stubborn lady... It's always something happening to make you laugh, and at the same time curious about what will happen next. Once I'd finished this one, I had to start on another one of hers, which I also loved. Hopefully I'll get to read yet another one soon!!
I highly recommend this one to anyone looking for a good book. Lynsay is a brilliant writer!!
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Summary: another good book by Lynsay Sands
Review: I have now read all but three of Lynsay Sands books and I must say I've enjoyed them all. They are filled with humor and passion. The heros are strong yet caring and gentle. The heroines are spunky, willful, almost modern in thier self reliance. The combo of the two makes for great stories. I would recommend any of her books. You'll love them.
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Summary: A charming, refreshing delight romp!!!
Review: I have read all Lynsay's books and due to circumstances, just finished doing a crash reread all them all. She is unlike any writer in the romance field today. If you like quirkiness, with wild dashes of humour, if you like Jayne Anne Kretnz, then Lynsay is your cup of tea!! She does not follow patterns, but speaks with her own original voice, and delivers the really warm and fuzzy read that makes for one good time. I love heavy romances with all the angst, but sometimes I need just a whimsical romp and Lynsay is the Queen of this realm. I laughed, I giggled and then went in search of family members to read passages outloud. I mean the whole premise if a howl. Valoree has been masquerading as her murdered brother, the scourage of the seas, the Notorious Captain Red. But suddenly she is to be the heiress to Ainsley Castle - provided she can find a nobleman to marry her and get her pregnant asap. Since Valoree is hardly prepared for this task, it falls to the crew to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse!! If you would like a light, romantic romp, then don't miss Lynsay's Lady Pirate. It's a gem!! WISE Writers and Readers' Book of the Month January 2001
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Summary: Not Up To Par!
Review: I have read several of Ms. Sands books and have enjoyed them. This is not one of her better books. It does have some humor but overall it was boring and a chore to finish reading. The intellectual level at which this book was written is not high. This was disappointing since it is a 2001 book. I thought a newer story would have more dept, etc. The sex was good. Over all, skip this one and read "Sweet Revenge", "The Key", and "The Deed" all by Ms. Sands and more intertaining than this one.
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Summary: Great book! So funny!
Review: I read the preview on Lady Pirate and it was just so funny that I had to order it from the bookstore at the first chance. The Heroine was great. I hate weak females, but she isn't weak. She gotta be brave to be a pirate. The Hero was great too. He was very understanding, intelligent, and he acts so cute. Like the heroine said, "He is so darn cute." The story has lots of humor like when her "face" fell off. Not really her face, it was makeup. Anyway, it bounced off her chest and landed into the mean hostess of the soiree's wineglass. The storyline is that in order to inherit her family lands, she has to marry a nobleman and be with child by her 25th birthday which is in 9 months. A funny part is that her crew is always voting on what she should do for her own good. They voted that she so marry and enter society in order to do so. She met Lord Thurborne but doesn't want to marry him because he would be too independent for her to walk all over. Her men voted that she should marry him because they're perfect together. They drugged the two of them and sailed out to sea with them two aboard. Lots more happen but I shouldn't reveal it and ruin your fun. This book was so good, I finished it in two days. I hope you'll like it too.
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Summary: fun to the hilt
Review: I read this book on the strenght of a reccommendation from this site and I wanted to return the favour. It's not often that I laugh out loud at a romance novel, but this one was highly entertaining. I really enjoyed the characters and the romance aspect was more warm hearted than sappy. I sat down to read this book and didn't get up again until it was finished - if you're in the mood for a little fun and a few laughs then give "Lady Pirate" a try.
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Summary: Lady Pirate is a "MUST READ!!"
Review: Lynsay Sands is a brilliant author that does it again!! This book is a well written historical romance, has strong characters, a great story line and I found it very entertaining. Lady Pirate has all the components of a great book... humor, intrigue, romance, and a dash of sex. What more could you want??? The "leading lady", Valoree and her motley pirate crew are hilarious trying to be land-rats in an attempt to find her a husband. I am an avid historical romance reader, and have throughly enjoyed all of Lynsay Sands' books, and this one did not let me down. It is a book that was hard to put down, and easy to read again! I highly recommend this book to all fellow historical romance readers!!
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Summary: I expected a lot more!
Review: Maybe I was expecting too much, but I purchased this book after reading all these wonderful reviews, and a hundred pages into it I had only smiled twice and not laughed even once. It was such a let down! The heroine Valoree kept snapping at her servants to keep up appearances (dressing and acting like proper servants) when she didn't make any effort on HER part to be a lady; in fact, she used all her efforts to rebel. Now is this this fair? It seems a bit hypocritical to me and did not raise my respect for the heroine.
The "prostitute" aunt Meg turns out not to be a prostitute at all nor a drunk (and so much more humor could have been brought in if she had really acted like a drunken prostitute, but as it is the character brought little or no humor to the story). Additionally, her totally unbelievable past painted her as a blindly trusting, mindless idiot who does not fight for anything she wants, so I had no respect for her either. After all she'd been through and all she'd survived, you'd think she'd be a little stronger, but it's as if her mental growth stagnated at 16 years old. No development at all.
Moreover, in the beginning Valoree is driven by revenge against the Spaniard who killed her brother, and when he is finally brought into the story in person (in the last chapter, after the main plot has been played out, as if Ms. Sands just threw it in to close off that loose end), HER HUSBAND kills him! Valoree simply stares at her brother's murderer in shock, as if unable to make the connection quick enough (and her intelligence is praised several times during the course of the book) or react quick enough (and this is a woman who has lived five years of her life as a pirate, seeking revenge and in daily risk of her life???). Perhaps we are suppose to assume she has become a true gentlewoman and reacts as a lady should, that is, simply freezing up and waiting for a man to act. If you like this kind of character regression, then by all means, this is the book for you.
The entire story was just one disappointment after the other, and only one chuckle out of the whole five wasted hours of my life. I am only writing this review in hopes of preventing others from making the same mistake. Perhaps the other people who read this book are diehard fans of Lynsay Sands and are looking at the book through rose-colored glasses, but as a totally objective reader I cannot recommend this book to anyone for the plot, the characters or the humor. They are all, in my opinion (which obviously is not the common one), less than mediocre.
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