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No Place For A Dame (2013)

by Connie Brockway(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1477808582 (ISBN13: 9781477808580)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Montlake Romance

series

Royal Agents

review 1: I picked up this book through Amazon's Prime early reads program, and I tried to read it early. Despite the fact that Eloisa James recommended Connie Brockway, and despite the fact that it's a regency about a woman having aspirations of success in a man's world, it didn't hold my attention. About 1/4 of the way in, I put it down in favor of something else.Now, months later, I gave it another shot, and it wasn't bad. Maybe the language of the early part of the book just bogged me down. The prose is closer to Jane Austen than typical regency fair (which could be good or bad)... in this case, it initially wasn't what I was looking for.The story: Avery Quinn doesn't fit in society. She's the over-educated daughter of a stablehand. Her father asked Lord Strand for a boo... moren - that his daughter be educated to pursue her intellectual dreams, which, in the end, put her socially above the level of her father and their peers, but well below the notice of the ton. That doesn't really bother Avery, she just wants to have her astronomical work recognized by the intellectuals in London. She contrives an elaborate scheme where she will masquerade as a strangely shaped boy genius with the assistance of the new Strand, Giles - infamous rake.The romance was sweet at times, but I think the humor of the situation was the most interesting part of the book.I did feel like I was missing something, relationship wise between the minor characters, and I think it's because this wasn't the first book of the series. It wasn't like I couldn't keep up, but I think the story would have had more depth had I understood the nuances.
review 2: You guys! This book actually features a heroine who pretends to be a man and wears a pillow to hide her rack. THEY STILL MAKE THOSE. I CAN'T. I JUST CAN'T.Oh my heart. My poor insignificant heart. WHY. HOW.Are all books in this genre self published? This is the only valid explanation as to how they've ALL made it. Also, they must all be written by the same deprived person. I think I've read this book 105 times in 105 other identical books. Down to the very smallest detail: the dialogue, the phrasing of sentences, the description of everything from the clubs, the gowns, the carriages to fucking male genitals. London was one massive whore house apparently. Everyone had a mistress and all mistresses were also graceful independent women and all virgins were alluring and dark and experimental and all dukes/viscounts were brooding and all dandies were also brooding gentlemen and probably also graceful independent women? EVERYONE WAS EVERYTHING and they all met at White's. Back to this book. Um it was shit. Naturally. Giles wants to fuck Avery, Avery doesn't know it yet but also wants to fuck Giles; doesn't matter which one is male/female. There's some cheap investigation that (doesn't) happen on the side on Giles's part. The book goes like: Thoughts on producing an heir, thoughts on Avery's physique, more thoughts on Avery's physique, thoughts on Giles's ass/abdomen/balls/you name it, thoughts on fucking, pining, pining some more, actually screwing, I can't really remember what happens next. I'm not even sure it's the same book.Whatever, stop reading, I've stopped writing.(Pray for me to finally quit this genre) less

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