Bodice rippers and beyond -
I'm an avid reader of "Regency romance" and historical romances set in the British Isles in the 18th and 19th centuries. I try to avoid "wallpaper historicals" where the mores and behaviour of the characters are contemporary rather than what would be expected of the period and social class in which their book is supposedly set. Georgette Heyer and Mary Balogh are my favourite authors by far, but I've also enjoyed many books by Loretta Chase, Madeline Hunter, Eloisa James, Jo Beverley, Laura Kinsale, Judith Ivory, Julie Anne Long and many others.
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This one is good deal better than the first one in this series and actually makes some sense. The send-ups of the wedding planning industry and the strange decorating trend of piling on ever more decorative pillows on beds are very amusing and well-done. But the character of the heroine was rather annoying to me - I kept being disappointed that she never stood up for herself and basically behaved like a doormat, especially with her horrible sister Daphne, until the very end of the book.
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