Sylvester by Georgette Heyer

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Sylvester by Georgette Heyer


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Heyer does Pride and Prejudice. She is the outspoken country girl, he is the prideful but goodhearted duke. They rub each other completely the wrong way, but are then thrown together by hilarious circumstance.

Picture my silly grin right now. I have figured out what my deal is with Heyer: the more like The Grand Sophy it is, the happier I am. By which I mean if our leading couple spend most of the novel being witheringly sarcastic at each other, when they aren't cracking each other right up to the annoyance and consternation of all the self-involved/stupid people around them, we're golden. I guess the heroine has to be, um you know. *mumbles* Fiery. Shut up.

This isn't quite as awesome as Sophy -- our heroine here is, um, a little too plot-required dumb, for one. But still. It's a formula, and it works.

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Comments

[aella_irene]

I love this one. Ianthe! Sir Nugent Fotherby! Edmund, cutting tassels off boots and innocently repeating Bad Words in French...

[sibylle]

Have you tried Heyer's "Arabella"? It is my favourite Heyer novel and I can re-read it time and again. The ending might be a bit rushed, but oh, the fireworks in between are awesome.

[marfisa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this and "The Grand Sophy" were my two favorite Heyers. "Arabella" is pretty good, too. And "The Quiet Gentleman," though less for the romance than for the rather understated non-alpha male viewpoint-character hero and his rather--unique--way of dealing with his family's expectations about how a Bigshot Nobleman With an Important Title should behave.