His Lordship's Pleasure

Rating:
Summary: I've read ALL of Marion Chesney's books
Review: I used to own all of Marion Chesney's novels.... all 80 or 90
of them, however many there were. When I couldn't find some of
her books new at bookstores, I would search them out at second
hand stores until I had the entire collection. While admittedly
perhaps a dozen of these 90 novels are a bit frothy and appear
to have been written in a bit of a hurry with not enough
development of the characters. I still enjoyed each and every
one of her books. Later my relatives after reading a book I
loaned them, discovered that they were also Marion Chesney fans
and I loaned out my entire collection of books to relatives for
them to enjoy. Marion Chesney has a quirky sense of humor which
I enjoy, and I also like her characters and the romance scenes
she writes. (I recall reading Georgette Heyer books a few years
ago and thought them a crashing bore.) For those unfamiliar to
Marion Chesney I would recommend one of her 6 book series,
particularly the one about the six sisters which was excellent.
The nice thing about Chesney is she doesn't write one of those
syrupy, sugary regency novels or one of those prim repressed
style regencies. Her books are fun and make me laugh. I like
them a lot.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointingly frothy!
Review: I'm not a great fan of Chesney, her books are generally too incredible and move far too fast for my taste. 'His Lordship's Pleasure' is particularly guilty of this. Though only a 200 page regency it moves swiftly through a complex and yet completely meaningless plot and so wastes precious time that could be spent developing the somewhat two dimensional characters. If you want an enjoyable romance however and do not ask for believability or an immersing read then you may well still enjoy this as it has some charm. It is nothing like a Georgette Heyer however (which the publisher claims) and frankly the comparison is an insult to Heyer. A mildly enjoyable adventure.