Monday's Child #classic#Regency Romance
Monday’s Child, a Rosemary Morris #Classic#Regency Romance is Book 1 in her Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week Series.
5 out of 5***** Review by Juliet Waldron
Regency addicts rejoice. Everything for the Regency addict here, with a heroine of great beauty but small fortune, all the strategies required for keeping one's place in the "ton," and plenty of interfering relatives. Taking it a little further afield than Jane Austen did, this story is set in 1815 Brussels where all the eligible young men are soldiers in Wellington's army, awaiting an attack by Napoleon. Despite the wartime tension, there's still plenty of time for balls, visiting, and morning gallops. The author knows her stuff, from clothes, to the many strictures of proper behaviour, which seem to us today as limiting as the ladies' underwear. Not only the detail but dialogue too shows a lively understanding of the period; I didn't see a single teacup laid out of place. While this book is a Regency delight, it's no fantasy confection. Class differences and gender relationships are portrayed realistically, sometimes jarringly so, with no candy-coating. I was particularly pleased by the marital choice made by Monday's Child--aptly named "Helen." It left me with no doubt about her HEA
Sensual romance but the bedroom door remains firmly shut so the reader can enjoy the emerging romance.
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With a firmly closed bedroom door, the
reader can relish in the details of an emerging love
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