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Title: A Regency Christmas Eve by Nancy Butler, Diane Farr, Allison Lane, Barbara Metzger, Edith Layton ISBN: 0-451-20167-1 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant, sparkling fun
Comment: What a brilliant collection of stories! I hadn't read most of the authors in here - there are five stories and all by different writers - and they are about 1/3 of the length of a normal regency novel - maybe shorter. But all make really satisfying reads and at any time of the year, not just Christmas.
My favourite author of this bunch was Diane Farr who seems to have a special talent for making great fun characters - her Miss Ripley was a gem and the story a real cracker - about a very perservering young girl trying to make her way to Bath in time for Christmas. The story might seem a common one but Farr adds a fresh touch to it and it flows along with immense good humour.
Rating: 5
Summary: Christmas cheered
Comment: Every year I look forward to the Signet Christmas regency anthology, and so far I've never been disappointed. This year's is no exception. The Barbara Metzger story about the mice is truly charming, and the Edith Layton story is a classic I know I will reread again and again. The Diane Farr, Allison Lane and Nancy Butler stories are all very enjoyable as well. I won't go into detail about them because a previous reviewer did it so thoroughly -- I will just say that this collection got me out of a really bad mood and into a really good one, and I surely got my money's worth! (I don't know what book "a reader from Rochester NY" read, but it can't have been the same one I read!) Hey, Merry Christmas, everybody!!!
Rating: 1
Summary: Oh, heavens... I couldn't even bring myself to finish it
Comment: Anthologies of this type are always hit or miss affairs. Even those with the big single title names vary in quality. This edition was, to my mind, utterly miserable. Even those authors who usually have something decent to contribute were a great disappointment.
I managed to trudge through Barbara Metzger's story, even though I couldn't stand any of the main characters. Two couples, and the only sympathetic person among them was the mistress! The mice were annoying.
I then forced myself to skim through Allison Lane's and Diane Farr's tales, but neither was worth it. Lane's situations were ridiculous and would never have occured in the time period. It started out well, but deteriorated once the house party ensued. As for Ms. Farr's story, I can't help but believe that the hero will one day rue marrying such a reckless girl. Her only redeeming quality was her peppiness, which was exhausting. I simply couldn't bring myself to even attempt the last two stories.
Avoid this one at all costs. It is dull and silly.
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Title: Regency Christmas Spirits by Nancy Butler, Emma Jensen, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, Andrea Pickens ISBN: 0451204387 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Regency Christmas Wishes: 5 New Holiday Tales by Sandra Heath, Carla Kelly, Emma Jensen, Barbara Metzger, Edith Layton ISBN: 0451210441 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Regency Christmas Carol: Five Stories by Edith Layton, Anne Barbour, Elisabeth Fairchild, Carla Kelly, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney ISBN: 0451193873 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: His Lordship's Holiday Surprise (Zebra Regency Romance) by Kate Huntington ISBN: 082177493X Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: A Regency Christmas Feast: Five Stories by Mary Balogh, Sandra Heath, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, Patricia Rice ISBN: 0451190467 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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