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MIRABEL Oldridge left the stables and started up the gravel path toward Oldridge Hall. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the wait,
By A Customer
This review is from: Miss Wonderful (Mass Market Paperback)
At first, I did not think I was going to like this book as much as I did Chase's classics. After reading a few chapters I realized that it was truely a great book written by a great author. I read where some readers were disappointed. I'm glad I went ahead and read it anyway. I felt it was worth all 5 stars.
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Hairpins and War Wounds,
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This review is from: Miss Wonderful (Mass Market Paperback)
Once again Loretta Chase makes readers care about wonderful characters struggling to be loyal and honorable and not to fall in love. With hairpins flying and war wounds aching, Mirabel and Alistair challenge each other on every page. Like all of Chase's best characters, they must fight yet ultimately yield to a disastrous streak of sensuality on their way to becoming fully and courageously who it is they are meant to be. Fans of her earlier novel "The Lion's Daughter" will love this one, too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
At last, a return to fine Chase form,
By Candy (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Wonderful (Mass Market Paperback)
I was (ahem) transported with joy when I found out that Loretta Chase was releasing a new novel. Between new releases from her, Kinsale and Crusie, what more can a romance novel fan ask for? I was feeling somewhat wary though, given what a terrible book her last effort (The Last Hellion) had turned out to be. And yes, I know I'm in the minority in this opinion, but I stand by my statement: The Last Hellion was awful and riddled with cliches and bad plot devices, especially when one knows what Chase can achieve.But I digress. Miss Wonderful is a fun and tremendously well-written book, a most promising return to Chase's fine form. Her ability to give depth to her characters, and to offer true insights into human nature not normally offered by popular fiction of ANY kind, is nothing short of awe-inspiring, and Miss Wonderful contains her fair share of well-developed and lovingly rendered characters. The primary conflict the characters go through is very believable, and Chase makes their actions an extension of their personalities instead of tossing conflict willy-nilly into the mix to pad out the book. Chase has also retained her wonderful way with words, and once again her ear for the cadences of British upper-class speech is among the best I've ever encountered outside of somebody who actually knew the life first-hand, like Heyer. It's not quite as good as her very best novels (in my opinion: Lord of Scoundrels, The Lion's Daughter, Knave's Wager and The Devil's Delilah) but then not much is. It's still undoubtedly one of the best romances I've read all year. If you were a big fan of The Last Hellion, the quiet charms of Miss Wonderful may not satisfy. If you were longing for Chase to return to her "old" self, then rejoice, sit back, and enjoy Miss Wonderful.
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