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Charming Regina Hawthorne had thought Lord Torrington was planning to offer for her—when he suddenly became engaged to another. Rakish Lord St. Aubyn sympathized with “Rejected Regina’s” situation and solicited her assistance with a family problem, while distracting the gossips from maligning the lovely young woman. Regency Romance by Emily Hendrickson; originally published by Signet
The Rake Revenge edition by Emily Hendrickson Romance eBooks
The story was okay, but I found the characters a little disappointing. St. Aubyn's mother changed personalities with very little reason given for the extreme change. The heroine was unbelievably obtuse/stupid. She agreed with St. Aubyn on different plans to foil the villains, then immediately seemed to forget the plan and started questioning what he was doing--repeatedly. Wrexham and Monceux were seen together often by her, but suddenly towards the end she acts surprised to see them together. Also, the plot was weak. I find it hard to believe that any woman would become the center of gossip and ostrasization to the point of being viewed as "mistress" material just because a suitor didn't come up to scratch. It happed all the time. They were not betrothed; she was not jilted. Since most women didn't flout the fact that a man proposed and didn't advertise that she rejected a suitor, then how could the gossips know whether he proposed and she refused or whether he actually changed interests. In any case, it didn't lower her status as a the daughter of a Baron. I just found the whole thing too questionable and the characters too stupid.Product details
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The Rake Revenge edition by Emily Hendrickson Romance eBooks Reviews
I won't repeat the elements of the plot (which is refreshingly original, especially for a Regency romance) since other reviewers have done so but I have to say that the writing is very awkward. The reader is told that a character feels a certain way, then the dialogue that comes out of her mouth is totally at odds with this. This is a pattern in the book, and is at its worst with the main characters, Regina and Jules. In addition, not one character ever really comes alive or seems three-dimensional. Regina's mother, supposedly a warm, loving person, gives her daughters platitudes for advice, doesn't act in a way consistent with her supposed "illness," and is improbably connected to anyone who can move the plot along.
Too bad that this inventive plot was squandered with stilted writing!
Actually I'd give this book two and a half stars if I could, as while the romance between the principal characters is engaging, the subplots involving the minor characters left me with the feeling that that I had somehow missed several key pages somewhere along the way. This book needed some careful editing, and I really wished that Emily Hendrickson's editor had done his/her work a little more carefully!
Regina Hawthorne is a rather beautiful young woman, with a respectable dowry and the right kind of family connections. With all this going for her, she should be one of the Season's success stories. Instead of which she is currently the object of a lot of unkind gossip. For a couple of weeks, Lord Torrington has been paying some serious attention to Regina, and everyone in 'society,' Regina included, expected Lord Torrington to propose fairly soon. Instead, Torrington suddenly drops Regina, and rushes off to propose to his first love, Katherine Talbot. Where did Regina go wrong -- that is the question on everyone's mind. All this speculation leads to Regina being labeled "Rejected Regina" and to a well known rake, Lord Wrexham, propositioning Regina. Rather than retreating to the country in defeat though, Regina decides to stay in London and face her detractors. Her stance earns her the admiration of another rake, Lord St. Aubyn. His sister had faced a similar jilting, but she had ran away from London, and now leads a life of seclusion in the country. The beginnings of a scheme comes to St. Aubyn's mind he will help Regina face her detractors, and hopefully restore her to her proper position in society, if she will in turn help him with his sister.
Will St. Aubyn's scheme work? Lord Wrexham for example does not take too kindly to St. Aubyn's interfering with his plans for Regina. And as for Regina, she knows not what to make St. Aubyn or her responses to him why is she quite frequently ripping at him when he has been so kind? She only knows that St. Aubyn's smile causes a havoc of emotions in her and that she could quite easily succumb to it, and that she should guard herself against any further heartache like falling in love with a man who sees her only as a friend.
"The Rake's Revenge" is primarily a good read. The chemistry between Regina and St. Aubyn is palpable and believable. However there are also several subplots/romances involving other characters, and this is where this novel becomes a little unsatisfactory. One romance subplot involves Regina's younger sister, Pamela, and St. Aubyn's younger brother, Thomas. We are told that they've fallen for each other, and in the following chapter they have a falling out, which leaves Pamela ripe to fall for Wrexham. It looked as if the Pamela-Thomas relationship was just a conduit to give Pamela a bruised heart, and so make her vulnerable to Wrexham's machinations. However, I think that the plot would have been stronger without Thomas. Pamela is just young and naive enough to fall for Wrexham without giving her bruised heart as a reason. And then there is the constant harping on why Torrington dropped Regina. Halfway through the book, it looked as Emily Hendrickson had resolved the matter, and in a way I found realistic and refreshing. So I was really surprised when this question resurrected itself again towards the end of the book, and for no good reason!
I enjoyed reading about Regina and St. Aubyn, but found all the other subplots very distracting, they just seemed to get in the way. And this is a shame because "The Rake's Revenge" has the potential to be a really good read if only the subplots had lived up to the promise of the main story line.
This book was a different kind of plot, and I loved it. How easy to be ruined by the Ton it was back then! Another Emily great!
I just could not get through this book. I've enjoyed other works from this author, particularly "The Unexpected Wife", but this one was just too slow. The characters had a "cardboard cutout" feel, as if the author was recording their activities from the outside, without ever taking the reader into the characters' heads.
Such a treasure! This regency was so much fun. I personally love best a regency set in the London Season with a few rakes and a smashing heroine thrown in. Jules was wonderful. I found myself intrigued by Wrexham, not going to lie, and I wish he had been a little more central to the plot. I liked that the Hero knew the heroine prior to the start of the novel, it gave more credence to the plot. The plot was intriguing, at least for me. I think Pamela was a little under written, as a young lady of 19 I would have thought she would have more polish and Town Bronze on her. Apparently her parents were very doting. Amelia and Lucien were a nice addition and I enjoyed the HEA. Regina was superb, another excellent heroine. It was sad to see just how powerful gossip was in those days and how something so innocent could ruin a person's life. I enjoyed the ending although an epilogue would have been a treat if nothing else than to ensure the success of the proposed long engagement. A triumph. Highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.
The story was okay, but I found the characters a little disappointing. St. Aubyn's mother changed personalities with very little reason given for the extreme change. The heroine was unbelievably obtuse/stupid. She agreed with St. Aubyn on different plans to foil the villains, then immediately seemed to forget the plan and started questioning what he was doing--repeatedly. Wrexham and Monceux were seen together often by her, but suddenly towards the end she acts surprised to see them together. Also, the plot was weak. I find it hard to believe that any woman would become the center of gossip and ostrasization to the point of being viewed as "mistress" material just because a suitor didn't come up to scratch. It happed all the time. They were not betrothed; she was not jilted. Since most women didn't flout the fact that a man proposed and didn't advertise that she rejected a suitor, then how could the gossips know whether he proposed and she refused or whether he actually changed interests. In any case, it didn't lower her status as a the daughter of a Baron. I just found the whole thing too questionable and the characters too stupid.
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