The Grand Sophy

4.5 stars. May 2021 update: Q: Why did I reread this for the third time when I have a massive backlog of books sitting on my shelf that I haven’t gotten to yet? A: It was fun and witty and (mostly) lighthearted. No regrets! If you ever wanted to see a Regency-era heroine really take charge of her lif......more

Sophy is a boss. She's firey and feisty, and she isn't one to be held back by the convention of the day. Her aunt thinks she'll be taking in a wounded bird that needs her guidance, and Sophy comes rolling in like a bowling ball aiming for a strike. The only child of an absent (if loving) father, she i......more

"She was by far too tall; nose and mouth were both too large, and a pair of expressive gray eyes could scarcely be held to atone entirely for these defects. Only you could not forget Sophy, even though you could not recall the shape of her face, or the colour of her eyes." I for one will not forget t......more

The Godfather Georgette Heyer has all her little ducks in a row. She's got the period detail, check. She's got the Old World styles, check. She's got all the characters who don't know what's about to happen to them and who'll get what's coming to them, check. She's got the manipulations and the......more

A Regency Romance? What? What? Ah, but this was nothing very stuffy, indeed! Sophy was the model extrovert, a clever and busy and downright machiavellian girl. Do you like characters with so much agency that they pop right off the page? Sophy is your girl. Of course, that also means that she's pretty......more