Faro's Daughter

Flushed with success from my recent reread of Venetia, I cast caution to the wind and decided to take on another Georgette Heyer Regency novel. I should have known I wasn't mentally up for another contrived plot yet. Even Heyer's witty writing didn't save this one for me. Deborah Grantham is a 25 yea......more

Update: I just reread this April 13-14th 2015 and it is every bit at good as the first time. Far fetched and comical, it was just the sort of book I needed. It had me laughing several times. :) Georgette Heyer has written silly, spoilt and ridiculous heroines, she has made witty, wize and winsome her......more

I can't justify my liking for Faro's Daughter: the hero is 100% an asshole, the heroine makes all kinds of questionable decisions, and there would be no plot if our leading couple could have had even ONE civil and honest conversation. And yet. I keep reaching for this one every couple years, and I e......more

I enjoyed it more the first time (I remember I simply couldn't sit calmly from excitement and I read it in one day). Nonetheless, the second time it was also splendid fun. I loved how skillfully Heyer entwined the story around wonderful characters: Deb, Max, Arabella, Adrian, Pheobe, Lady Bellingham,......more