Nicola and the Viscount (An Avon True Romance)

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is a great book fora fast read and a good romance story. It is not, however, a book you should read if you are looking for detail or an in-depth story. Ending kind of obvious, but still a cute book.

Rating:
Summary: It's cute but not as good as Meg's other books.
Review: This one was ok but it wasn't really anything to get excited over. The romantic plot line was a lot like the one in The Princess Diaries which was ok with me. I wanted to smack the heroine a couple of times but I did like the overall plot of the book. It's worth a read if you like Meg Cabot or the Avon True Romance line.

Rating:
Summary: Not the Princess Diaries, but still decent
Review: What a change of pace from Ms. Cabot's delightfully pithy and fresh Princess Diaries books! But Ms. Cabot proves she can work within the romance-fiction format, and writes a nice tale set in Regency England. The book tells the tale of Nicola, a teenage lass caught between the man she has a crush on, and the man whose opinion she realizes she values above all others. What's a girl to do? The book doesn't quite seem authentic, as Nicola has far more freedom than ladies in England likely did at the time. The excuse given is that she's an orphan, and so is given more leeway by society's leaders--but really, they'd have been far more likely to ostracize someone without a powerful family to back her than they would be to smile indulgently at such escapades as Nicola's. But oh well, it does allow Nicola to get into and out of some fun situations. The climax is a bit forced and incredible, and the romantic conflict isn't as strong as it could have been (all is forgiven too easily, really), but all in all, the book is a fun read.