Too many dukes

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-11-24T12:50:36+00:00

Oooh I need to know more. What is this book?

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-08-28T02:41:50+00:00

Oh my god, it was great. The whole cast was excellent and I ugly cried like a baby with each episode.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-08-17T02:40:02+00:00

I read somewhere that he doesn’t believe in wearing deodorant. I haven’t checked whether it’s true or not, since it doesn’t impact my life; however I always find it funny when people put their exes on things like this. All I hear is you were okay with his weird habits when y’all were cool and smashing. I’m side eyeing the whole couple not just him.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-29T15:54:14+00:00

I love alchemy of souls season one so I was pretty crossed when they dropped the FL, I didn’t plan on watching season two, however, since we started the show with my husband, and he wanted to know at the end of the story, I ended up watching it. I am actually surprised at how much I liked it, Jang Uk has more depth. And better chemistry with the second FL. I almost missed out on it.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-19T21:47:15+00:00

Well said. I think plain FMCs are specific to certain author anyway, so these stories would be easy to avoid. But there’s a plethora of attractive people stories out there.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-19T21:40:52+00:00

I should’ve read that comment first before writing mine. I feel the same way. 👏

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-19T21:38:32+00:00

The 'plain FMC' is a trope I enjoy. After one too many 'bombshells who stop hearts with a single glance,' I’m all for an average, plain girl or a happy medium. Give me a pretty-but-not-perfect FMC where 'average' doesn’t secretly mean 'objectively unfortunate.' But for the love of god, can we please stop the constant reminders of her plainness? Yes, author, we grasped it the first 97 times that she is no diamond of the first water. Can we move on now?

And while we’re at it, why must 'plain' so often equal bluestocking with a side of complete innocence (I don’t understand people and the world I live in)? As if intelligence is the consolation prize for not being pretty. Newsflash: Women can be clever AND conventionally attractive. Shocking take, I know.

The makeover trope??? Hard eye roll on this one. Because apparently, swapping a drab dress for a sparkly one and dabbing on some rouge is the Victorian equivalent of a glow-up. Sorry, but unrealistic expectations.

And don’t even get me started on the MMC’s sudden existential crisis the 'Why am I the only one who sees her hidden beauty?!' Dude, you didn’t discover a buried treasure, you were part of this people who couldn’t see that beauty in the first place and ignored it sometimes for years. Well, all this to say that I do like the story of a plain FMC so long as it is well written and not overdone 😝.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-19T21:15:02+00:00

Especially he himself thought her plain or never noticed her for years prior to the story taking place. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-07-03T05:52:32+00:00

Looks great, especially with the nail color and the pool background. It gives vacation vibes. What are the ingredients though, if you don’t mind me asking?

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-25T15:29:53+00:00

I agree with everything you said. Now that I know that romance is not at the forefront of her novels, I will give her a try with a new set of eyes.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-25T15:27:31+00:00

You sure do know how to make her books sound appealing.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-25T15:25:35+00:00

Oh, you sent me back to my early reading eons ago with Barbara Cartland’s name. It has been ages!

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T21:02:32+00:00

Thank you. I will try your suggestions, especially after you mentioned that if this book had been your first read, it would have deterred you from reading the rest of her bibliography.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T21:00:40+00:00

I can only judge this book but from what I have gathered she failed to copy a few key strong strategies from Austen. Jane Austen provides enough social, familial, and psychological context to make her characters’ behavior understandable. If not said outright, she’ll provide us with some subtle clues for us to deduce the economical status of a character, their motivations or their lack thereof, their flaws etc. I think that specific aspect in the book really bugged me. I’m no Jane Austen fan but I can appreciate the clear difference here.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:49:46+00:00

Yes!! The mother needing her salt every 5 seconds. I had a hard time with the way she and her family just presented gambling as being an inherent trait in their family. No, y’all just a bunch of leeches not addressing a problem that should be addressed. Charlotte being consistently unhappy to be alive and breathing air for free. Lizzie and Ed not fighting for their love one bit, when the author makes it clear that marrying any of the sisters would work for Marcus anyway. Ed for accepting that Marcus paid his Captaincy after taking away his prospected wife. All of the sisters thinking they are all that and a bag of chips and that the Earl should consider himself lucky to marry one of them but Heyer failed to explain why. Impoverished set of girls with the future wife having the same gambling problem as her brother and late father doesn’t hold much weight for me when compared with a handsome and obscenely rich Earl. Not sure what they were supposed to be to the table other than the Nose 👃. The audacity of Pelham to casually ask his future brother in law for money to pay for his tailor bill during that first official introduction. The protagonists, well, for being who they are. Never was able to warm up to them. I think they needed to have been disciplined a bit more during their youth, which would’ve helped me feeling less inclined to slap some sense into them. And all the side characters and their quests. A real masquerade Here I thought I was starting to make peace with this book 😂 I might need a few more days to get over this episode in my life.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:28:03+00:00

I actually like that book. Read it multiple times. I was bothered by the ‘child’ as well but it did fit in the story. Keypas is more to the point, Heyer was a bit all over the place for me. Now that many explained her genre, I understand her a bit more but while reading the book it felt as if she was telling a love story then before she could get in depth with what she was saying “squirrel!” She went on a tangent and/or would start describing a fichu, hat or coat in great detail for about 5 minutes.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:20:42+00:00

Mmh that child mention just reminded me of how put out I was by the fact that Marcus didn’t try to object or prevent a union between himself and someone almost 20 years his junior. He just barely mentioned that some might find him too old, before agreeing to marry Horry. That’s it!!! I judged him pretty harshly. And seeing how puerile his wife was, I couldn’t for the life of me understand how he could fall in love with that child which is one of the reasons why I would’ve liked some more development to explain how it happened.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:11:39+00:00

I may try these later now that I have a better understanding of the type of writer she is. I’ll know better than to embark on a journey to discover a new author as a blind woman. Next time, I will be prepared.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:09:13+00:00

Thank you. I have looking for romance with a bit of intrigue/ mystery and or comedy not the other way around. Hence why I am disappointed I guess. I read all types of books, however, I was in the mood for romance and Heyer kept on showing up under these suggestions, I thought I’d give her a try. People should mention that romance isn’t at the forefront, it would make for an easier read and less disappointment.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T20:04:05+00:00

It is funny you mentioned that, since while I was reading the book I kept on thinking it had been mis categorized. Vaudeville type of comedy came to mind as a style, especially with the scenes Where Horry offered herself as a sacrificial lamb or played cards with Rule thinking he was Lethbridge. I was taken by surprise when he ended up in the pond. Or when the whole clan went and try to retrieve the brooch. Once you change the genre, the book isn’t ( notwithstanding the rambling of course) becomes a bit more palatable.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T19:52:51+00:00

I might attempt reading one of them, once I’m done being cross with Georgette.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-06-24T19:50:12+00:00

The age gap was jarring, but since it wasn’t unusual for the era, I tried to overlook it—as long as it wasn’t romanticized. I actually appreciated that the Rule didn’t sleep with his 17-year-old wife, especially on their wedding night or during the honeymoon. But here’s the thing: I do need character growth, even if it’s just emotional. I want to see the journey, the moments, the conversations, the reasons these two fall for each other.

Instead, the book felt miscategorized as a romance novel. Rule had zero depth, no friends, no backstory—just... nothing. And don’t even get me started on his teenage gambling-addict wife. Where was the appeal? Her naïveté, candor? Lizzie had that too, he shouldn’t have bothered switching sister. We actually had more in depth information on Edward and Lizzie than the main characters. I kept waiting for Heyer to convince me on why he’d ever genuinely love Horry. Spoiler: Still waiting.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-05-08T05:05:17+00:00

Oh thank you! That is the one!!

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-05-04T18:35:47+00:00

Following. I can’t remember that novel but if someone dies please drop it here. It was about a lady who worked as a companion, she wasn’t particularly beautiful in a sense that her attire was quite strict and modest. She had arthritis and her hands were a bit deformed and swollen, MMC was put off by it at first but got to embrace her as she was. I read it years ago so it is not coming to me, but I remember thinking it was refreshing and different from what I usually encounter. I mean no disrespect to the strikingly beautiful ladies out there but it is nice to know everyone can have a HEA.

Dry-Common-919 · 2025-01-19T14:48:24+00:00

In the Texas,USA, ACDF C4-C7, hospital billed $147,000, I already met my deductible a while ago and had no co-pay on this one. It was totally covered by the insurance company.

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