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Title: How to Marry a Marquis (Avon Romantic Treasure) by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0-380-80081-0 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (84 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious!!!!!!
Comment: Out of all the Julia Quinn books I have read (excluding Brighter Than the Sun) this has to be the most charming and funny books she has written. I adore the scene after the costume ball when Elizabeth finds out who James is,and he gets very angry at Caroline Ravenscroft from To Catch An Heiress and her husband Blake Ravenscroft. James is trying to be serious and pissed off but Caroline and Blake keep making inane comments on every threat he makes. But, the best scene in the whole book is the day after the ball and absolutely comes to Elizabeth's cottage to talk some sense into her about her relationship with James. So many mishaps and accidents happen in that one short period of time it's very amazing that Elizabeth didn't go insane. Also, Lady Danbury, Elizabeth's employer, is a very witty and eccentric character, not to mention hiliariously sarcastic. And to add to closing, I love the fact that Ms. Quinn sees fit to add Lady Danbury in The Viscount Who Loved Me. Even though she is barely in the novel, she is in there and is her regular funny self. All in all, I loved this novel and will gladly recommend it to anyone who has and appreciates a sense of humor.
Rating: 3
Summary: You've come a long way, baby
Comment: This was the first Julia Quinn book I had ever read. I'd heard the buzz about her books, and really liked the premise of the story (having the heroine following "The Rules" to catch a rich titled man). That's why I was so dissapointed when it didn't work for me. I liked her fresh, breezy style of writing, but the characters never became real to me. Worse, they annoyed me. The hero and heroine lacked any sort of depth and the book came too close to farce, something I'm not wild about. And all too often I thought, "no sane person would react this way."
Still, there was enough light hearted warmth in her style that I gave her another chance and tried The Duke and I. And I'm so glad I did! I loved the book and now consider Julia Quinn's books one of my few automatic buys. I even tried a few of her back list, and can see just how far she's come. Now, her books not only have the sense of fun and light-hearted comedy of her earlier novels, but they have rich, believable characters and poignant romance as well.
Rating: 2
Summary: There are better Quinn novels!
Comment: Elizabeth Hotchkiss is a young, pretty blonde companion for the elderly Lady Agatha Danbury. The Hotchkiss family is suffering immensely due so what option does the lady of the house have? Marry a nobleman! But Elizabeth Hotchkiss is confused as to how to do it so she sees the book 'How to marry a marquis'. However, James Sidwell, the Marquis of Riverdale, is residing at the Danbury residence posing as an estate manager to help Lady Danbury with a certain something that has been eating away at her. However, a friendship grows between the companion and the disguised marquis and he offers to help her find a husband - from the point onwards,the story unravels.
Thoughts: James Sidwell is a striking character. Worked in the War office, unbelieveably handsome, fights for his woman - which lady of the Regency could refuse him? However, I just can't feel the passion between him and Elizabeth. His mysterious attitude and intriguing confidence does not flow with her tiresome determination and irritating charm.I got the vibe of incompatibility from both characters. Furthermore, there were not enough moments between the two for a true sense of emotion to develop. In other Quinn novels such as 'Dancing at Midnight', the protagonists let their love grow whereas here it feels as if everything was rushed.
I wouldn't say this was a must-read -- it felt unfinished but don't let that put you off Julia Quinn. She is a great author - get 'Dancing at Midnight' instead!
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Title: The Duke and I (Avon Romantic Treasure) by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380800829 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380815575 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380789353 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Minx by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380785625 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380815583 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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