gerand_chad99a

Summary: A girl in her first season has severe myopia, and her mother will not allow her to wear her hideous spectacles in polite society. This leads to disaster after disaster when she attends a friend's country house party. This book is basically "look at how many embarrassing situations we can put the heroine in!" She constantly is doing silly things, all because of her eyesight, she is constantly being railed at by her mother so badly that I was embarrassed for her even reading it. None of the characters are portrayed roundly, Isobel is a complete cat, Violet is a good natured imbecile, Sir John is a lady killer that appears as a dandy to men. The love story seems a hurried add on, you never once see why Philip likes Emily. We go from not reading anything about him to all of a sudden he's kissing her furiously. It's not at all satisfying but that said, it's good-natured and fluffy. Harmless. I enjoyed the concept, if not the actual book.

2020-09-07 05:02