Friday's Child (original 1944; edition 2008)

Enjoyed reading this book. You could read my full review on my blog (contains some spoilers) at: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=2983 ( )

Either I've overdosed on Heyer in the past two weeks, or this book really did hit my embarrassment squick hard. I kind of despise everyone in this story, including the protagonists -- people this stupid should not get happy endings, damn it. I kept wanting to lock Hero away in a damn tower with nothing but serious books, punch Sherry in the face for his casual selfishness, and take everyone's money away. NO ONE in this is a grownup, and that was what I loved so about [b:Frederica|311196|Frederica|Georgette Heyer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173644878s/311196.jpg|2128291]. I think I will be taking a break from Regency until Grand Sophy is back in the library. ( )

'Friday's Child' may be my favorite Heyer. It was just so airy and amusing and comical, and like Cotillion, I really came to love the characters so much that I didn't want to leave them at the end. I loved Sherry's good natured selfishness and Kitten's impulsive curiosity and George's hot-blooded romanticism (If the book were set now, he would totally be Emo!) and Ferdy and Gil! ( )

'Friday's Child' may be my favorite Heyer. It was just so airy and amusing and comical, and like Cotillion, I really came to love the characters so much that I didn't want to leave them at the end. I loved Sherry's good natured selfishness and Kitten's impulsive curiosity and George's hot-blooded romanticism (If the book were set now, he would totally be Emo!) and Ferdy and Gil! ( )

Sherry and Hero are idiots (Sherry most especially!), but I love them. Also, Sherry is the hero, and Hero is the heroine. Just a nice little fact I like to throw in there.

Sherry, or rather - Anthony Verelst, Lord Sheringham - is a fun-loving, selfish but good-natured young man, who can't wait to get his inheritance. Only thing is, he has to marry to get it. That premise sounds ridiculous even to me, now that I've read what I've written. But hear Georgette Heyer out: Marriage will mostly likely curb Sherry of his overindulgence. Of course, all Sherry cares about is to get control of his own inheritance, so, in a fit of pique, vows to marry the first woman he sees.

As luck would have it, he sees Hero Wantage, the girl who has adored him all her life since she was eight. In true Heyer fashion, we are taken into a romp through this couple and their friends' ridiculous escapades.

I love how Georgette Heyer creates her characters. Just look at Sherry, who is no dark and brooding man, but a regular young buck, a reveler and very self-indulgent. He is just like any other young man you could have met had you lived in the Regency era. And only Heyer could have made a hero out of that. ( )