Venetia

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She wasn t looking for love.Her beauty rivaled only by her sensibility, Venetia Lanyon is nearly resigned to spinsterhood, thanks to the enormous amount of responsibility she inherited with a Yorkshire estate, an invalid brother and the lackluster efforts of two wearisomely persistent suitors Then she meets her neighbor, the infamous Lord Dameral, a charming rake shunned by polite society exactly the type of man that a woman of quality should stay away from.He wasn t looking for redemption.Though his scandalous past and deepest secrets give Venetia every reason to mistrust him, a rogue always gets what he wants Without warning, his demanding kiss threatens to become a bachelor s undoing and a spinster s most passionate awakening. New Read [ Venetia ] By [ Georgette Heyer ] – kino-fada.fr News flash I m not 18 anySo even though I still have a soft spot for romances in general and Regencies in particular, my appetite for reading about sweet, silly young girls who do brainless things and have Big Misunderstandings with the guy has dwindled to almost zero When you re yelling TALK TO EACH OTHER, PEOPLE at a book, it s not particularly conducive to the romantic feelz.Which brings me to Venetia Venetia herself is one of my favorite Heyer heroines intelligent, witty, resour News flash I m not 18 anySo even though I still have a soft spot for romances in general and Regencies in particular, my appetite for reading about sweet, silly young girls who do brainless things and have Big Misunderstandings with the guy has dwindled to almost zero When you re yelling TALK TO EACH OTHER, PEOPLE at a book, it s not particularly conducive to the romantic feelz.Which brings me to Venetia Venetia herself is one of my favorite Hey...Yorkshire, 1818 WARNING Spoilers, gushing, swooning, quoting and rose petal strewing ahead no orgies though, I promise read on safely P O Venetia Thou hast utterly captured my soulA rose by any other name would smell as sweet And a Damerel by any other name would be just as swoon worthyI will be calm I will be mistress of myself Because my name is Venetia and I m one of the most wonderful heroines in all literature I have lived one of the dreamiest romances possible, and have Yorkshire, 1818 WARNING Spoilers, gushing, swooning, quoting and rose petal strewing ahead no orgies though, I promise read on safely P O Venetia Thou hast utterly captured my soulA rose by any other name would smell as sweet And a Damerel by any other name would be just as swoon worthyI will be calm...I am one of those who steered clear of Georgette Heyer for years, even though I heard the comparisons to Jane Austen, I was afraid they were formulaic romances To my surprise it wasn t what I feared all those years and proved that breaking out of one s reading comfort zone can be quite rewarding This was madeenjoyable getting to read this along with Sabrina, who also had some of the same feelings regarding Heyer, and both of us ended up enjoying it I was aware Heyer was famous, or some I am one of those who steered clear of Georgette Heyer for yea... Je n aurais jamais cru que Monseigneur le Duc d Avon pourrait tre remplac par un autre h ros When I start to mutter in French, it hints the book must ve made an impression And, dear me, this one did How could it not It s very intense for the average Heyer novel, a writer that normally shies away from overt sexiness as a scalded cat from water A good timing it had, too, for I was on the edge of losing faith in this author s capacity to create masculine characters as interesting as Monseigne Je n aurais jamais cru que Monseigneur le Duc d Avon pourrait tre remplac par un autre h ros When I start to mutter in French, it hints the book must ve made an impression And, dear me, this one did How could it not It s very intense for the average Heyer novel, a writer that normally shies away from overt sexiness as a scalded cat from water A good timing it had, too, for I was on the edge of losing faith in this author s capacity to create masculine characters as interesting as Monseigneur and heroines that weren t behaving like stoopid ten year old schoolgirls at the ripe old age of, say, twenty.But that happened Enter Jasper, Lord Damerel, aptly described by this line from a poem by another famous rake of the same period, Lord Byron, that our hero quotes There was a laugh...Never in my life have I been so glad of a rainy afternoon Never so glad that I was bored and typed a name into a search bar to see what would come up It was in this slightly unorthodox way that I originally discovered Venetia In a fit of utter boredom I typed the name Richard Armitage he d recently become my favourite actor into the iTunes search bar, and what should appear Three novels by Georgette Heyer, narrated by Richard Armitage I need not tell you I was wide awake again after Never in my life have I been so glad of a rainy afternoon Never so glad that I was bored and typed a name into a search bar to see what would come up It was in this slightly unorthodox way that I originally discovered Venetia In a fit of utter boredom I typed the name Richard Armitage he d recently become my favourite actor into the iTunes search bar, and what should...Venetia is, without question, my favourite of all Georgette Heyer s Regency Romances, and I ve been looking forward to this new, unabridged audio version for some time Much of the story takes place in the Autumn, and I ve always felt that the book has a corresponding maturity about it, an almost elegiac feel in terms of the beauty of the prose and in the depth of the characterisation Damerel is certainly one of Ms Heyer s most strongly drawn and sexiest heroes, and the eponymous heroine is Venetia is, without question, my favourite of all Georgette Heyer s Regency Romances, and I ve been looking forward to this new, unabridged audio version for some time Much of the story takes place in the Autumn, and I ve always felt that the book has a corresponding maturity about it, an almost elegiac feel in terms o...3.5While reading Venetia I spent half of my time being thrilled Lord Damerel and Venetia are both wonderful characters and the other half being frustrated, annoyed and plain angry There was no middle, people.On the one hand, you have these two wonderful people Lord Damerel is said to be every horrible and ugly thing under the sun, but to me he was perfect He never does anything bad in the book His actions speak louder than any pretty words could Although his first appearance isn t exactly 3.5While reading Venetia I spent half of my time being thrilled Lord Damerel and Venetia are both wonderful characters and the other half being frustrated, annoyed ...I started reading Georgette Heyer when I was a teenager, some thirty five years ago, when my mother gave me Friday s Child and told me she thought I would enjoy it Since then I have read all the romances, a number of them countless times They have long been the books I turn to when I m feeling unwell, a bit fragile, or when it s cold and wet and I need a comfort read Just recently I have started listening to audiobook versions of Heyer novels I did not think that I would enjoy listening to b I started reading Georgette Heyer when I was a teenager, some thirty five years ago, when my mother gave me Friday s Child and told me she thought I would enjoy it Since then I have read all the romances, a numbe...4.85 stars actually. Why not the complete 5 I shall say presently.There are those books which you never want to end and which you never want to keep away Venetia is one such book I literally felt bad that it ended And it is one of the rare books in the middle of which I felt like crying It so touched me Yet again Georgette Heyer magic is very evident in this book I am so glad that I did read this one.Venetia stands very close to Frederica My No.1 Heyer in my list of favourites.Venetia is 4.85 stars actually. Why not the complete 5 I shall say presently.There are those books which you never want to end and which you never want to keep away Venetia is one such book I literally felt bad that it ended And it is one of the rare books in the middle of which I felt like crying It so touched me Yet again Georgette Heyer magic is very evident in this book I am so glad that I did read this one.Venetia stands very close to Frederica My No.1 Heyer in my list of favourites.Venetia is no doubt my favourite Heyer heroine along side Frederica and Sophy She is witty, charming, outspoken, kind, and beautiful She really gives a character to the story, very genuine Her perseverance through everything and her attitude towards her parents is depicted ingeniously Lord Damerel is such a rake And is still so likeable He is The Anti Hero to look out for For all his libertine ways he is still...Oh My.After years of ignoring this book on my shelf I think it s the cheesy 80 s cover , I have now found my new favorite Georgette Heyer Oh My.This book has everything A saucy young lady with an oddball family A leading man who is just as witty as she is Meddling neighbors Meddling family And scandal after scandal after SCANDAL Divorce Secret marriage Overbearing in laws Rakes Elopements Squandered fortunes Venetia s delightfully witty responses to everyone from her bookish bro Oh My.After years of ignoring this book on my shelf I think it s the cheesy 80 s cover , I have now found my new favorite Georgette Heyer Oh My.This book has everything A saucy young lady with an oddball family A leading man who is just as witty as she is Meddling neighbors Meddling family And scandal after scandal after SCANDAL Divorce Secret marriage Overbearing in laws R...

Venetia
  • English
  • 24 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 364 pages
  • 0373771665
  • Georgette Heyer
  • Venetia