Splendid

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Summary: Just like it's name.....
Review: I do not know how I have missed reading this book before now. It is a classic Julia Quinn & I totally enjoyed it. The characters were smart & funny & were delightful to get to know. It is light on the plot - but that's exactly what I was looking for this time. I liked the fact that even though there were problems to solve, misunderstandings, arrogance & stubborness to get through - JQ did not take it overboard & make the characters childish, immature, or borish. I enjoyed watching them get to know each other & it was fun watching them enjoy each other; it's one of those that showed me why they fell in love. The love scenes were so very, very sweet (uh.... well... sweet & hot, if THAT makes any sense! lol) The secondary characters were just great & added a lot to the story; And I laughed out loud more than once at various ones antics. The villian was a tad stupid - but that's ok, I'm burnt out on evil right now - so stupid was good (lol lol). If you like simple, fun historicals, then do not miss this one. Guess I need to go & check to make sure I haven't missed any other JQ books.

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Summary: Yawn...
Review: I don't get it. I read the reviews, which were great, and decided to try a new author and I'm so disappointed. This book was just plain boring. Emma was very appealing, but gave up her supposedly lifelong dream at the slightest resistance. Alex was just plain uninteresting and nobody a normal woman would be fascinated by. I would have liked to see her get him to move to America, instead of the other way around. I felt like the story just sort of petered out. I won't be tempted by this author again.

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Summary: Typical Julia!
Review: I just got finished reading this book again and it was just as good the second time around. Emma and Alex are entertaining from the very beginning and stay so throughout the book. They are just a fun couple. Definitely worth reading (again and again!).

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Summary: I am reading these out of order but wow such a good book
Review: I read Dunford's story first (minx) and decided to go back and read Emma and Belle's stories while waiting for the next Bridgerton book. The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because I did get bored with it at about 130 pages and was debating on finishing reading it since I already know from Minx what happens with Alex and Emma. But I read through the boring stage and it was well worth it because the ending is great. I am glad I read Minx first though becuase I would have been bummed reading belle's story and not having her and dunford get together. But I am assuming belle's story will be a good read to and that is next up on my list now.

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Summary: enh...
Review: I will have to work on the titles for my reviews, because I do notintend to put people off [Julia Quinn's] work. She writes...well, andfar better than the majority of her peers. She uses humor well, whichis important to me, and her characters are generallylikable.

However, I am always somewhat disappointed when I read aJulia Quinn novel, because I know that somewhere in her she has a fivestar novel... she merely has not discovered it yet.

Miss EmmaDunster was likable. She was everything that a heroine ought to be,and there was nothing to complain of there. Lord Alexander Ridgely wassimilarily likable and capable. The story was sweet, and she wrote itwell. There was nothing original in the book, but, [she] madethe most of what she had and wrote a good book. If you like JuliaQuinn, you should read this book. If you've never read Julia Quinn,you should read this book. There is nothing "bad" aboutit.

I wistfully await her next book, in hopes that her five starnovel will come, and leave me breathless. Until then, I shall enjoyher better than average regular novels, as should everyone else.

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Summary: A Truly SPLENDID Read
Review: I've recently discovered Ms. Quinn and have set out to buy and read everyone of her novels. This one had me practically falling off the chair with laughter. I'm glad I was in my home as I am sure I would have caused quite a sight if I'd been reading this in public.
American Heiress meets a confirmed bachelor of a Duke. The pages just sizzle at the spontaneous combustion these two make when thrown together.
Romance just doesn't get much better than this. A truly SPLENDID read!

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Summary: Romantic, Funny, Charming, and Endearing
Review: Julia Quinn has an amazing ability to make the characters real and engaging. They are honest and funny. Emma, Alex, Belle, and all the others make the reader feel as if they are really there - witnessing the entire wild romance. You can't wait for the next book so that you can find out how everyone is doing. A definite must read!

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Summary: A Splendid read indeed!
Review: Julia Quinn's "Splendid" features Alex, the dashingly roguish Duke of Ashbourne and Emma, the flame-haired American beauty who captured the duke's heart and soul. I loved the way Ms. Quinn kept her characters appearing in some of the other series, like Alex, who was briefly mentioned in one of the Bridgerton books. Although, "Splendid" was published before the Bridgerton series, the story of Alex and Emma happened later than the Bridgerton stories.

Alex was determined not to fall for the American beauty whose escapades included rescuing her cousin Ned and earned her Alex's grudging respect not to mention arouse his possessive nature. This book truly entertains and delivers another Quinn classic.

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Summary: A Splendid read indeed!
Review: Julia Quinn's "Splendid" features Alex, the dashingly roguish Duke of Ashbourne and Emma, the flame-haired American beauty who captured the duke's heart and soul. I loved the way Ms. Quinn kept her characters appearing in some of the other series, like Alex, who was briefly mentioned in one of the Bridgerton books. Although, "Splendid" was published before the Bridgerton series, the story of Alex and Emma happened later than the Bridgerton stories.

Alex was determined not to fall for the American beauty whose escapades included rescuing her cousin Ned and earned her Alex's grudging respect not to mention arouse his possessive nature. This book truly entertains and delivers another Quinn classic.

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Summary: Vibrant Characters and Sparkling Repartee
Review: Julia Quinn's first novel, Splendid, is unusual and entertaining. Unusual in its mixture of points of view and entertaining in its wry wit.

American shipping heiress Emma Dunster loves to help run her father's business and isn't pleased when she's shipped off to England to live with her Aunt's family for a London season.

Emma and her cousin Belle are both intelligent, strong-willed, vivacious and mischievous. When Emma dresses up as a kitchen maid so that she can go to market unescorted, she saves a child's life and falls into the arms of the child's uncle, Alexander Ridgeley, the Duke of Ashbourne.

A notorious rake, Alex has no intention of falling in love or of wedding. But he cannot resist spending more and more time with the spunky and charming Emma. Their relationship becomes deeper, but neither wants to admit that it's love-until it's unbearable.

Splendid has a simple, relatively uneventful plot but the vibrant characters and their sparkling repartee holds the reader's attention. Julia Quinn's comical Jane Austen-like perspective works, even though at times it is confusing when the point of view switches between characters or to Quinn's disembodied narrative voice all within a single paragraph. This head hopping took me out of the narrative and diminished some of the pleasure.

Still, Splendid is a witty, entertaining novel full of likeable characters and overall a joy to read.

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