Much Ado about You (Essex Sisters, #1)

by Eloisa James

A racy Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author, Eloisa James.

Never marry for love, it's the worst reason of all...

Finding herself under the unlikely guardianship of the kind but shambolic Duke of Holbrook, Tess Essex is suddenly faced with her duty: marry well and marry quickly. Once that's taken care of she can arrange matches for her three younger sisters: Annabel, Imogen and Josephine.

But just when everything looks like it might be in order Tess's own fiance gets cold feet and one of her sisters elopes with a reckless young lord...

And is Tess really as sensible and proper as she thinks she is? Lucius Felton is a rogue whose own mother considers him irredeemable but he is delicious and obscenely wealthy...Surely she can't really be contemplating marriage to one of London's most infamous rakes?

Absurd as it seems Tess fears she may have fallen utterly and completely in love...

• ISBN10: 0060732067
• ISBN13: 9780060732066
• Publish Date: 28 December 2004
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 391
• Language: English

Reviews

I can't say I particularly enjoyed this. I generally love Eloisa James but this was bland. I didn't really feel a connection to any of the characters. There was some funny banter but not enough to overcome the lack of depth. Which was kind of surprising anyway because this was really long. Too long without really going anywhere. A lot of the action happens at the end and isn't really resolved. i.e. the rift between Imogen and Tess over Draven's death, the fate of Something Wanton (the horse), Lucius' relationship with his parents, etc. There's also no real sharing of dreams or thoughts or conversation between Tess and Lucius. They really connect on anything more than a superficial level. So not my favourite Eloisa James book. 2 stars. Edging on the lower side of 2.