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Imprudent Lady (1978)

by Joan Smith(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0449236633 (ISBN13: 9780449236635)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Fawcett Crest Books

series

Prudence Mallow and Lord Dammler

review 1: Snappy and charming enough, a slapstick cousin to Austen-style Regencies. I had much sympathy for the bookish, retiring heroine who comes into her own, an innocent who's not afraid to say clever things. Not sure why the author had to be the "but she's not a feminist!" drum, as that seemed a bit slapped on. The hero vacillated between genuinely charming and insufferable/controlling, at least enough that you could get an inkling why the heroine put up with his nonsense. You might question her choice in doing so, but you could see why he appealed to her. And then there were the comic supporting characters - the overbearing cousin (in no small comparison to Mr. Collins), the unsuitable suitors, etc. Their over-the-topness pulled the book up into deftly-handled froth, instead o... moref just empathizing with the heroine when she shuts the hero down for being awful and/or awfully ridiculous.
review 2: imagine if you took jane austen turned her into a character mixed with charlotte bronte, and stuck her in london with a ridiculous painting uncle and an attractive lord byronesque 'hero'... and you'd have this. I liked how it put all the other authors of the day in perspective, and i wish Smith had pushed the envelope just a little more with her lady writer Prudence, she didn't take the rope to the end of the dock and she totally could have pulled in an even better tale. This is a pair of characters I would not mind seeing again in a second book. less

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