Library's review
And you know what? It's fine. The biggest flaw — and for me it is indeed a big one — is that Quinn just doesn't capture the time period. Her characters all seemed to me as if they could have been speaking in 2005 as much as 1805. It was rather jarring to my brain after being immersed in Heyer's mastery of the slang, fashions, and attitudes of the Regency period.
I won't rule out reading more of the series, but only when I absolutely must have a fresh Regency fix. In the meantime I'll keep looking, not for someone who can equal Heyer, because no one can, but for someone who can more satisfyingly quench a craving.
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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry-though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster. And as for Daphne, surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, she soon forgets that their courtship is a complete sham. And now she has to do the impossible and keep herself from losing her heart and soul completely to the handsome hell-raiser who has sworn off marriage forever!.… (more)