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Summary: Great characters make for a satisfying read
Review: "Educating Caroline" is a delightful regency romance. The book begins when Caroline oversees her fiance with another woman. The other woman turns out to be the fiance of Braden Granville, our hero. Caroline plans to immediately call off her engagement, but her family's aristocratic credentials are questionable and her mother pressures her to continue the engagement to a marquis. Caroline decides that perhaps her naivety is to blame for his wandering eye, so she solicits Braden's help in learning more about the romantic arts. Braden has his own agenda which involves catching his fiance in compromising circumstances so that he can break his engagement. No big surprises as to where all this eventually leads. Normally I wouldn't have much use for a heroine who would willing remain engaged to a man who was cheating on her, but Patricia Cabot does a good job of making it work. Both Caroline and Braden are strong, appealing characters, and their interaction is full of humor and sexual tension. All in all, a very satisfying read.
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Summary: A real gem for any lover of historical romances!
Review: After you've read as many books in this genre as I have, you notice that they are all pretty much the same. But every now and then, you find a real treasure that reminds you why you started reading historical romances in the first place. "Educating Caroline" is such a book.Caroline is the most delightful heroine I've run across in quite some time. Her naiveté is refreshingly hilarious. One of the funniest scenes is when Caroline is discussing Braden Granville's kiss with her friend Emma, who is horrifed at Caroline's "lovemaking lessons" to help her keep her fiancé from straying. She says it's Braden Granville's fault that Caroline no longer wants to marry her fiancé, since she'd never have known anything was missing in the relationship if he hadn't stuck his tongue in her mouth. "Or," Caroline added, thoughtfully, "put his hand down my shimmy." Emily cried, "He what?" "...I forgot...about that part." I had tears in my eyes from laughing. This book has it all: original, likable lovers who are obviously meant for each other, humorous situations, and plenty of spice without being crass. I enjoyed it so much I can't think of anything negative to say about it. I'd give it more than five stars if I could!
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Summary: Lively Characters
Review: Caroline Linford has been sheltered from life's mysteries - or, more specifically, from love's mysteries. When she discovers her fiance in a compromising position with another woman, she is at a loss to understand what this other woman has that she doesn't. Not wanting to be the kind of wife that drives her husband to have a mistress, she hatches a scheme to hire Braden Granville to teach her "how to make love." She means these lessons to be rather theoretical, which is evidenced by her intention to take notes. However, Braden decides to teach her through a more hands-on technique. The characters are quickly drawn and lively. The first scene will quickly give you a sense of the logical way that Caroline's mind works. Braden is a bit more gossipy with his lower class companions than I would have expected, but it's a minor flaw.
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Summary: Funny & Endearing
Review: Caroline walks in on her fiance (without him seeing her)having enthusiatic sex with another girl. As she sits outside to collect her thoughts and emotions, the other woman's fiance comes looking for her. Caroline does not betray the faithless lovers, instead, she asks for lessons on how to please her spineless fiance, our hero agrees to help her in hopes that he can discover the name of the man his fiance has been disappearing to meet in clandestine areas.
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Summary: ZZZZZZZZ can you get to the point!
Review: I am a great lover of Regency Romance, but this was very boring to me. The whole story was very far fetched to say the least. I found myself skipping pages...a lot of pages...and still I wasn't lost (sometimes I which I lost the book). It got to the point were I didn't care, especially with Caroline, and that's bad when she is supposed to be the heroine.
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Summary: WOW! I read this in 2 days-I couln't help it!!
Review: I am a Lavryle Spencer book lover, and I never thought I would find an author that I would enjoy as much as her. But this book was wonderfull! It had it tons of romance, but also a great storyline that carrys all the way through the book. Some pages get really steamy-the passion between these two is amazing. Patricia Cobot draws you in with great detail and you feel like it's really happening. Braden and Caroline's story is one you won't forget. I got this book from the library-but I'm am buying this one. It's a keeper! And, I'm getting her other books also. What a great author!
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Summary: A thoroughly good read
Review: I have been a fan of the historical romance genre for at least the last 20 years, and have read a lot of stuff in that time. This book was not what I usually reach for, but I'm certainly glad I did. I enjoyed the fact that the characters actually acted like real people, rather than the stilted, serious, shallow characters that I so often find in Regency romances. Patricia Cabot shows a terrific sense of humor in her writing, and I found myself smiling as I read. I didn't find any historical inaccuracies, at least that I was aware of, and everything seemed to fit together well. I thought this was a very well written and entertaining book, and am looking forward to discovering Patricia Cabot's other works.
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Summary: Hmm.
Review: I read this a while back and wrote a positive review of it, but I tried to read it again the other day and found the prose stilted and slightly awkward. The characters as well are not quite 3 dimensional. I'd say that they were closer to being 2.5 dimensional. My tastes have changed and now I want a little something extra from a book... I didn't find it in this one.
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Summary: Stick to modern settings!
Review: I read this book because I've read other works by Patricia Cabot (who also writes under the names of Meg Cabot, Meggin Cabot, and Jenny Carroll). I like most of her other work but this book irritated me because the historical detail was just so poorly researched. No one in England (particularly in the nineteenth century) would say "school" when they meant "university" (for Oxford, "college" would be the only appropriate term). Nor would an English person talk about "fall" when they meant "autumn". Nitpicky perhaps but these and dozens of other errors really spoilt my enjoyment of the book. If Ms Cabot is going to write in historical settings she should do some research - or stick to modern settings, where she does shine. If you like historical accuracy in your historical romance, try someone else, like Barbara Hambly.
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Summary: A GOOD READ!
Review: I really enjoyed Cabot's latest book. There was a lot of emotions from both characters and the dialogue was extremely witty. I didn't like Lady Skye, but I highly recommend this one.
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