Date Started: June 21, 2015
Date Finished: June 21, 2015
Book Acquisition: Acquired for my by Aunt Vicki
Overall Rating: 5/5
I am willing to blanket statement that this is the one of the best Georgette Heyer's out there. I would have said it ranks in the top five, but now I'm having trouble believing that. Definitely top ten, maybe? In no particular order, at off the top of my head:
Allison Top Ten Georgette Heyer Books (maybe, it's hard to say)
1. Venetia
2. The Reluctant Widow
3. Faro's Daughter
4. The Grand Sophy
5. Devil's Cub
6. Frederica
7. Regency Buck
8. Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle
9. Bath Tangle
10. Black Sheep
Ugh, wait. That list is impossible. But Georgette Heyer will creep up again and again this year so there is time to revisit. My Aunt Vicki has spent some time and effort tracking down used Georgette Heyer books so that I can have my own library (a Myers girls tradition). It's made me feel like an adult to have my own copies of these books instead of having to constantly borrow them from Mother.
The common thread in my top ten is that they're all actual adult women being taken seriously and autonomous individuals, as apposed to being nineteen and flighty and dear god, I cannot tell you how it annoys me to read those books now. Nineteen year olds are too quick to give up their autonomy to the authority of random men in her world. Ugh. The worst.
I somehow hadn't read Black Sheep before even though I've been reading Georgette Heyer books for nearly fifteen years and have completely worn out multiple copies of Venetia with constant re-readings. I liked it enormously. I like their relationship. Five stars all around.
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