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Title: These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0-373-83559-0 Publisher: Harlequin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: words cannot describe how WONDERFUL this story is
Comment: 'These Old Shades' is my absolute favourite by Georgette Heyer. Out of so many wonderful stories that she has written this book is in a class of it's own. No romance reader should ignore this book. It has it all - romance, intrigue and humour. It is more enjoyable because it doesn't have any of the heavily erotic love-making scenes that can be popular today. 'These Old Shades' is so well written that it doesn't need to rely on them. It is, purely and simply, a romance story in its truest form.
In several ways Barbara Cartland's 'Love Me For Ever' is very similar to 'These Old Shades' - runaway meets cycnical Duke, is briefly disguised as his page, calls him Monseigner and becomes his ward. 'Love Me For Ever' is one of my favourite Barbara Cartland stories, but 'These Old Shades' has more depth and the characters, Justin, Duke of Avon and Leon/Leonie, and even the supporting characters are much stronger.
Please read 'These Old Shades'if you get a chance. You won't be sorry.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best of Georgette Heyer's style, wit and emotion.
Comment: THESE OLD SHADES includes the best of Ms. Heyer's considerable style. Her flair for witty dialogue, outrageous but believable characters -- and best of all -- real emotion is outstandingly displayed in this fast read of a book. The Duke of Avon, i.e., "Satanas" is a marvelous antagonist. His subtle, "bad boy" charm and engrossing intensity draws the heroine, Leonie, and the reader. The supporting cast of THESE OLD SHADES include figures from classic farce and classic Heyer: the foppish and hilarious brother, the society-conscious sister, the vulgar and wicked villain (Comte de Saint-Vire). All these characters romp, love and exchange funny, gorgeous dialogue with perfect period detail. Most satisfying of all is that at the heart of the story is very real, very passionate characters who will go to any lengths to win each other. For a Georgette Heyer fan, this book is a delicious treat. For those about to discover Georgette Heyer, you couldn't find a better place to start
Rating: 3
Summary: Alright
Comment: Several of my favorite authors have mentioned this book(or this author) as one of their favorites. So...even though I had never read a harlequin romance novel before and I had never heard of the author and I wasn't too into the storyline from the blurb...I figured, it couldn't hurt to try it out.
When I first started reading the book, I was somewhat dissapointed. I wasn't too into the story at the start. It didn't really catch me the way some other books do...so as the days passed by, I very gradually read a few pages here and there. Sometime in the middle of the book it started to become more interesting, and I would actually make time to read the book, but that was half because I wanted to move onto other things.
Still, the book and the characters did start to grow on me. I wanted to see what happened. By the end of the book, I was almost dissapointed that it was over. I decided it wasn't a bad book after all, and I almost gave it four stars.
However, one of the things that turned me off from the start was the use of French in the book. I guess it was supposed to add a sort of authentic feel to the characters...and make them more believable...but if you don't know French at all, you might have trouble in these parts and be annoyed, even when you miss very small dialoge because of the language barrier. This is a book written in English. When I read a book in English, I expect to understand it.
Also, I wasn't so into their love. Like some of the other reviewers, the father-daughter relationship and the age difference just didn't do it for me. Half the time I tried to imagine that he was younger than he was...but part of me wanted her to end up with one of her younger suitors...
And I guess these are very small points, but sometimes the style of the writing sort of threw me off. The author, for example, would refer to the characters (whom she talked about in 3rd person for most of the book) as "my lady" or something of the sort. It took me a while to get used to that without stopping to consider the paragraph....
Additionally...I felt like the book sort of went along at too smooth a pace for the most part...there were some exciting parts and you knew when the book was sort of at the climax...but it never really did get THAT exciting to me. Perhaps more excitement would have done the book good.....
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