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Summary: Georgette Heyer does it again!
Review: I grew up on Georgette Heyer romances and I am so sorry to find that so many of them are out of print. My mother, sister and I have literally read two copies of "The Grand Sophy" to pieces!She's a positive role model that transcends 19th century England and contradicts the waifish pseudo-sex goddesses of the 90's. I wish more young women would read this marvelous book and not feel so ashamed of who they are or what they look like!
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Summary: The Grand Sophy
Review: I have just found Georgette Heyer, and am so glad I have. I picked this book by chance while looking for something to read on vacation. I am now trying to decide which book I will try next.
The heroine of this book is amazing, nothing flusters her. She enters situations with almost no qualms that send her male cousins running at times. Her interactions with the characters whom she knows dislike her, as well as those that don't truly know her are hilarious. The dialog is worth reading again and again, as you will find sublties missed the first go round. Her efforts to assist her cousins on their way to happiness also prove quite entertaining.
This excellent book is one I will definately read again, and again, and again...
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Summary: Incredible
Review: I have to say I love this book. It is fun, a little bit ridiculous, slightly unbelieveable, and a great read. After I read it all I wanted to do was read it again, and all my sister could say was, "SHE SHOT HIM!" *you will understand if you read the book*
This book has an incredible female protangonist. She doesn't whine, she isn't annoying, and she can depend completely on herself. This book is a nice relief from the overly dependent woman. A must read for every Georgette Heyer lover, and for those who have never read anything by her, this is a great place to start.
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Summary: My favorite romance of all time . . .
Review: I loved this book so much I named one of my own characters (Sophie Dempsey) after the heroine. Loved the huge cast, the interlocking plots, and the general good humor of it all. Second best romance: The Talisman Ring. Heyer shows us all how to do romance right.
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Summary: A Heroine of No Sensibility
Review: In general, I am not a great fan of Amazonian heroines, but I love Heyer, and I thought Sophy was 'vastly entertaining'. I especially enjoy the scene with the moneylender--such a turn about of the usually-menaced heroine motif!
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Summary: Awesome
Review: May I just say "Wow."
I bow down to this goddess of dialog. Seriously. The word play in this book makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and inspired. It contains arguments that convince the reader along with the other characters, it contains conversations that make your head spin with sheer verbosity and life.
I enjoy most of Georgette Heyer's books, but I think I liked this best of all. Sophy is officially my favorite heroine EVER. Grand seems like a small word to describe her. And it wasn't one of those annoying books where the author seems to think that stating the person is grand multiple times counts for making her grand. No, the things this girl did, calmly and believably, were so freaking cool.
I was sorry to see it end. And I will remember it and re-read it forever.
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Summary: Fun Read
Review: The Grand Sophy is a wonderful, witty Regency romance. Sophy is a great character: intelligent, humorous, full of spirit, life and a sense of adventure. Sent to London to stay with her aunt and cousins so they can take care of her, it isn't long, however before Sophy sees how much they need her. Charles is about marry the wrong woman, his sister, Cecilia is caught
up with an unsuitable poet, and younger brother Hubert is in trouble financially. Sophy soon takes matters into her own hands and straightens everything and everyone out, no matter how unconventional her methods. The ending felt a bit rushed to me and I would have liked a bit more romance between Charles and Sophy, but he is a good match for her. I look forward to reading more of Georgette Heyer's romances.
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Summary: One of Heyer's best
Review: The Grand Sophy is my favorite of Heyer's many wonderful Regency romances. Sophy is an amazing character - spirited, quick-thinking, and well able to handle anything life throws at her. All the characters in this book are delightful, but Sophy is really something special. Heyer is at the top of her form, both in terms of period detail and exquisitely humorous plot. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: if only there were more novels like this out there...
Review: The very first romance novel I ever read (and I'm not including Jane Austen in this category) was "Black Sheep" by Georgette Heyer. I enjoyed the book so much that I immediately began haunting used book stores, hunting for as many of her novels as I could get at a time. That was more than two decades ago, and Georgette Heyer has remained a firm favourite ever since (in spite of her rather dated opinions about the merchant middle class, etc). "The Grand Sophy" ranks up there with other of my all time favourite Heyer novels (the ones that I rate about 10 stars) like "Sylvester," "Sprig Muslin," "The Foundling" & "These Old Shades," -- they're all excellent reads that every Regency-era romance novel addict should read at least once! Other reviewers have done excellent jobs in giving plot synopsis, so I'll leave off doing the same except to note that the novel deals with the humourous and outrageous efforts of a visiting cousin, Sophy Stanton-Lacy, to sort out the myriad of problems that all those around her have (mainly her Rivenhall cousins like Herbert and Cecilia) become entangled in. What makes this novel 'work' is not only the clever plotting and the numerous escapades that Heyer has Sophy pull, but also the brilliant manner in which Heyer draws her characters. In Sophy Stanton-Lacy, for example, Heyer has created a young heroine who while incredibly managing, bossy, independent and very determined, and yet who is so utterly charming that you cannot help but root for her to come out on top -- this in spite of the fact that your sympathies may lie elsewhere. And I did have sympathies elsewhere! The first time I read the book, I felt quite sympathetic towards stuffy cousin Charles. Here was a young man, the only sensible person in a rather flighty family, who had had to contend with some crisis or another for goodness knows how long, all he gets for his efforts is abuse from his family! Yes, he is stuffy and easily angered, but his family was enough to give even me the megrims (and all I was doing was reading about them!) "The Grand Sophy" is a riot of a read. Heyer sketches Sophy's escapades in such a humourous and entertaining manner that we cannot help but be charmed. Cleverly plotted, possessing elegant prose and characters that are just so alive and real "The Grand Sophy" proved to be the kind of book I wish I could find and read everyday.
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Summary: Weird mix
Review: This book is part Jane Austen, part Mary Poppins and part Pippi Longstocking. Strange combination but volatile in its brilliance. I picked this book up after hearing the author's name bandied about for a while as one of the most awesome regency writers of all time. I wasn't disappointed. If you're looking for a 'hot' romance then you might want to pass this one by but if you read romance for the 'romance' of it all then you are sure to enjoy this one. As I read this book I noticed most that Ms. Heyer had a lot of balls in the air at any given point. I thought a couple of times that she was going to forget one, that she had forgotten one, but she hadn't. In the end there were no dangling threads left, well, dangling. The ending felt slightly rushed to me but I was still left with a pleasant feeling and a soft spot in my heart for the hero and heroine. I actually think that to have done more with it would have been to take away from the characters and their personalities so, honestly, I don't know that I would have her change it if I could. Mostly, it was different and it was special. This was my first Georgette Heyer but I can assure you it won't be my last.
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