
Honoria and the Family Obligation
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Helen Taylor
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Alicia Cameron
When the eligible Mr. Allison is to come to Fenton Manor to woo Honoria, there is a problem. She doesn't remember what he looked like. Crippled by her timidity, she hardly looked at him when they'd met during her first London season. But he had spoken to her father, determined to ask her for her hand. Her siblings, Serena and Benedict, find this highly amusing, but after Honoria overhears a conversation between her parents about their finances, she realises she must marry Mr. Allison, and this constraint leaves her martyred and unhappy and unable to share her feelings.
When Mr. Allison arrives, there is another problem. One to do with her sister, Serena.
Mr. Allison, (annoyingly handsome and kind) fails to propose as expected and leaves abruptly - but invites the confused family to stay at Bassington Hall, his own country home. His kindness to all her family leaves Honoria with no legitimate excuse to escape marriage. Mr. Scribster, his ugly, unpleasant, unfeeling friend, guesses more than she would like and offers Honoria a place to concentrate her dislike and frustration.
Meanwhile, Benedict embarks on an adventure with his rogue of an uncle, Wilbert, to save his childhood friend and neighbour, Genevieve Horton, who has become the unhappy Lady Sumner. By learning some scandalous skills, Benedict hopes to give some options to the most trapped figure in all of polite society - an unhappy wife.
When Benedict's life hangs in the balance, all the major players are changed forever and the tangle of romance is finally resolved.
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It took a while to introduce all the players and set things up. In the meantime, I found that I wasn't particularly taken with any of the protagonists, but I made myself keep reading because so many of the author's fans like it, there had to be a reason, right?
Once Cameron sets everything up & puts it in motion, it IS pretty entertaining, & I was really getting into it - it has a Georgette Heyer flavor to it that had me eagerly looking forward to the resolution(s) of all the complications.
And the ending amusingly sets up like Hercule Poirot gathering everyone to deliver the big reveal. The reveal wasn't quite as good as the expectations I'd been building, but it was still an entertaining scene.
Honoria's relationships with Scribster & Prescott needed better development. It's a romance before it's a mystery so that was a higher priority than keeping the reader guessing who she would choose. Well, and it needed more romance.
I didn't care for the constant, and especially the explicit, references to Scribster as ugly & pock-faced or Prescott as a moron by the other characters. It mostly just sounded mean.
Honoria's "coming out" was disappointing. I don't mind noble characters hiding their virtue, like Gascoigne in Cameron's "Delphine and the Dangerous Arrangement", but something that smacks of the reverse wasn't particularly amusing or appealing.
So, the first 3rd was a bit tedious, the middle 3rd was excellent, and the ending was good.
Of all the plot threads, I think I liked Benedict, Genevieve & Wilbur's the best because their characters developed so much more positively over the course of the story than everyone else's.
Honoria's gets 2nd place mainly because of the positive & amusing development in Scribster over the course of the story.
Romance level: sweet kisses, nothing graphic
Religion: use of the Lord's Name in vain in typical Regency expressions (By G*d,for G*d's sake, etc), sadly, but not cursing at least
Language: a handful of "d*mn"s + a" h*ll" or two
(3.5 stars) Be patient... it's complicated...
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Romance, Mystery & Lots of Laughs
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It was exceptionally nice to have sisters and a brother ands parents who loved each other so well without the petty jealousies that is so common especially in literature.
The narrator was perfect. One of the most accomplished that I have heard so far.
So pleasant
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Good writing
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Too much drama
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Honoria and family
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A Historical Book
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The plot starts with a couple of misunderstandings, but an elegent enough reason for no one to communicate their concerns, to get the novel going. I really enjoyed the listen and even towards the end I could not see how the main characters were going to acheive their HEA with only three chapters left.
If you liked Clarrissa and the Poor Relations, or if you like Regencies romances with humor and wit, you will not be disappointed at all with this novel. Narrator was very good.
Regency Romance - with plenty of twists & humour
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Wonderful
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Full of Charm
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