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Summary: So relieved this is the last one
Review: The Bedwyns are modelled on the Mallorens by Jo Beverly, and I have to say that neither famil has ever appealed to me. Freya is the least likable of all the Bedwyns, and the tired predictable ploting just make this book plod along. The secondary characters are far more interesting than the hero and heroine, and the fake engagement is taken straight out of A Summer to Remember which was how this whole turgid series got started. Either the author is really running out of ideas, that she has to keep repeating herself or copying others' series, or the state of the romance industry is so sad that only the same kinds of books over and over again sell. Or maybe they just cash in on the author's name and reputation and assume they can give any old schlock to readers and they will spend money on it. Whatever the reasons, I long for a good juicy romance with characters who really know and understand each other, and who can have a good happy romping love scene without constant undertones of violence and depravity. Where is the sensuality and love? It is all animal passion and not even respect or regard for the other person as a human being most of the time. Thank goodness this series is over. I was dreading having to sit through the rest of the horrible Bedwyn brood.
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Summary: I loved this book...
Review: The first book I ever read by Mary Balogh, Was * A summer to remember* in which you meet the Bedwyn family, in which I met Freyja ...and thought she was mean, most unromantic girl in romance fiction. Then this book took all those thoughts... and shoved them out the door...Freyja is written where you see her soul... and understand her tomboyish ways. Only a great writer can change the way you see someone and make her loveable. This book brought a couple of tears, and I never cry in romance books. (At least not often) You fall in love with her energetic... and want to do everything better then a man (You go girl). She is so funny and Joshua is dream come true (pant pant)
I recommend it highly...I salute you Mary Balogh!
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Summary: What a disappointment
Review: The supposed sensual scenes aren't very descriptive or inspiring, and the character, Freyja Bedwyn spends most of the time being obsurdly obnoxious and hostile, and catty. She's the least likeable female character throughout these novels. You feel rather sorry for the hero, Josh, who is a little too light weight of a character though mostly likeable. Basically, this story doesn't live up to much at all.
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Summary: Best of the series
Review: This book has definitely been the best of this series so far. Frejya and Joshua were unique, interesting and well-developed characters. Their interactions with each other and other people sparkled with humor and wit. Highly recommended.
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Summary: "Slightly" series absolute BEST
Review: This is the most exciting of the series. I found this book hard to put down. Full of ironies, twists and mischief. Freyja Bedwin is a Rebel of sorts, bound to have things her way. After reading about her in the previous books it was especially amusing to see her "meet her match". Joshua is every bit of a carefree, do it my own way type as Freyja and it made for a good read to bring the two of them together. They match wits and take romance to another level. I am fairly new at reading romance novels. This series has hooked me and I look forward to the next release.
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Summary: Three down,¿three to go?
Review: This is the third book about the Bedwyn family and its hard to choose my favourite book or family member.Book after book Mary Balogh takes you deeper into their lives until you come to know and really like them .Freyja's and Joshua's story is charming,full of fun,intrigue and delightfull people(of course it has some nasties to set them of!); the personality and character of F & J are revealed layer by layer as the story ,romance and passion develop.I'm sitting on the edge of my chair waiting for the next book,not only because I want to know who will be next,but also to keep track on all of them,as one would keep track of dear friends.
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Summary: enjoyable
Review: this was the first book i read of the Slightly series and i liked it enough to pick up and read the rest. i liked the plot of the story even if it was a bit interesting. Freyja however was a hard character for me to decide if i liked or not. up until she and Joshua begin to have feelings for each other i liked her enough as a person. she was different than your ordinary heroine and the change was nice. i thought they made a very loveable pair of friends and how they met just added to their friendship. but after they have feelings for each other i began to like the book a little less as it continued. Freyja was just too haughty and difficult to be a lover. as another reviewer mentioned i too couldn't really see how anyone could love Freyja. Joshua on the other hand was what held my interest. he was such a loveable character, someone i would want as a friend. he was always teasing Freyja and calling her "sweetheart" which i thought added to his fun character. some of my favorite parts of this book were his reactions to when Freyja would punch him. even though it was hard to see the two as lovers i though Balogh did a very good job making it work and making the book enjoyable. some patterns i have noticed since reading more of her books are that the characters don't confess their love for each other until within the last few chapters, so a warning that it does take a while. the love scene are always short and brief too. i'm looking forward to reading Alleyne's and Wolf's stories and despite the reviews for them i think that all of our hopes for them, Wolf's especially, have been kept very hight and it would seem understandable if it turns out they don't meet with our hight hopes. if it does turn out that they aren't everything we hoped for i do wish that they will be statisfying at least.
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Summary: Freyja's great!
Review: Unlike many romance novels, where the heroine is always described positively, Balogh has made it clear that Freyja is merely handsome and extremely spirited.
However, readers need to suspend belief for the premise of the book: that Freyja, always strong-willed, would would want to flee to Bath to escape the birth of her love's first child, or agree to a fake engagement because of it. If she could spurn someone she loved in the name of duty, she should have been able to face the situation later on, again in the name of duty.
In fact, she didn't come across very well in A Summer to Remember or in fact the other Slightly.. books. It really wasn't clear in AStR that she had been in love with Kit, even when Kit asked her point-blank; and it wasn't explained till Slightly Scandalous that she had agreed to getting engaged to Jerome out of duty while wanting Kit the whole time. In fact, Kit tells Lauren that Jerome and Freyja "had an understanding" for a long time that he didn't know about. Where did that idea come from?
Taken as a standalone story though, Slightly Scandalous is wonderful, wickedly Balogh. Buy it and keep it.
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Summary: A gorgeous ending
Review: We last saw Lady Freyja Bedwyn in Ms. Balogh's captivating gem A Summer To Remember and she is now the central protagonist in the conclusive episode to the Slightly series. A haughty and spirited character, Freyja is seen retreating to Bath to avoid the christening of the son of ex-flame Viscount Ravensburg who spurned her for icy maiden Lauren Edgeworth. A brief sojourn turns into an adventure as she meets Joseph Moore, Marquess of Hallsmere in her inn bedroom as he hides in the cupboard to escape a bunch of wedding schemers. A misunderstanding ensues when Freyja chances upon Joseph with a screaming lady on his way to visit his grandmother at Pulteney Street. She denounces him as a libertine in front of the ton at the Pump Room. You would never expect this two to turn up allies in a scheme to thwart a marriage-foisting ploy concocted by Joseph's aunt. They recklessly engage themselves to each other and Freyja's protective brother Bewcastle arrives to prevent further mischief. Freyja and Joseph feel growing attachments as understanding develops; Freyja's insecurity with love after her devastating rejection and Joseph's hidden secret in shouldering his cousin's disgrace. Slightly Scandalous wraps up the Bedwyn series beautifully and is a renewed testament to Balogh's ease and fluidity in her character sculpting. The sparks fly between the oddball couple. It brims with emotions as Joseph takes responsibility of his mentally-challenged cousin Prudence and makes us laud when they outsmart Joseph's aunt. This Regency Series is consistently entertaining and this ending is no exception - even when it is slightly inferior to her masterpiece A Summer To Remember.
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Summary: Best Bedwyn book so far
Review: Wow - I wasn't sure that even Mary Balogh could make Lady Freyja Bedwyn someone I would like as a heroine; but she did it in spades! We have seen Lady Freyja in 'Summer to Remember' and the two previous Bedwyn books and know her as a tomboy (hoyden), not pretty (how can she be with the family hooked nose) and we have had hints that she is far more vulnerable than surface appearances might suggest. 'Slightly Scandalous' lets us enjoy watching her deal with her past and her insecurities, this kind of character development the Balogh does extremely well and which I thoroughly enjoy. Briefly, the book starts when Lady Freyja is on her way to Bath - to escape the family home during the celebration of Kit and Lauren's (Summer to Remember) first child - and meets the charming and bold Joshua Moore (Marquess of Hallmere) who is escaping the clutches of a fortune hunting "young miss" who is trying to compromise him. This hilarious (to us the reader!) encounter ends with considerable misunderstanding on the part of our H/H. Watching them meet again in Bath and get acquainted is delicious. I especially liked the "big scene" in the Pump Room. Besides learning about the people, we get an excellent "portrait" of Bath as a slightly passé summer retreat for Society. Enter Joshua's aunt (the villain of the piece) and her grand scheme to coerce her nephew into marrying his cousin Constance (her eldest daughter) just to keep control of the estate and money. Joshua and Freyja enter into a mock betrothal to foil her plans, with all sorts of ramifications! ( I found it a bit hard to swallow the characterization of Lady Hallmere - but was able to suspend judgment to further the "plot".) Our protagonists then move back to the Bedwyn family home due to the intervention of Wulfric, the Duke (who else). Here we are treated to a glimpse of family life and see Freyja begin to face her true feelings about Kit. Further machinations on the part of Lady Hallmere (she dreams up an accusation of murder against Joshua) move Joshua, Freyja, Lord Alleyne and Lady Morgan all to Cornwall and Joshua's estate. There is not a great deal of tension or mystery involved; Joshua pretty competently sorts everything out. There are, however, some excellently drawn secondary characters in this part of the book for example, Joshua's younger cousin Prudence (who is mentally handicapped) and even the deceased Albert. All in all a book rich in character -best of the three Bedwyn books so far. I recommended it
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