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Talk about a romance getting off on the wrong foot. She's cool, somewhat uppity and a bit off-putting. He seems stiff and unfriendly. He has a reason for his behavior. She not so much and is a bit unlikeable at first, but, not to worry, there will be some personal growth here.

Lady Elizabeth Conway is one of eight daughters of the late Earl of Clanross. The aloof earl never tried to have a real, united family and you sense that Lady Elizabeth, in particular, has grown up rather cold and self-involved. She's a serious astronomer, with her own telescope and observatory at the dower house where she lives and that's what her life centers around. As the story begins, two of her younger sisters have come to live with her. Two others are married and the three youngest girls live with one of the married sisters. Not a particularly close family.

Our hero here is the late earl's heir, Tom Conway, a distant cousin. When he arrives to take up his duties as earl, Elizabeth is, as mentioned before, cold and a bit snooty. The new earl isn't so very friendly to her either but, as mentioned before, at least he has a very valid reason.

Add to the mix a rather spendthrift, schmooze-with-the-ton heir to Clanross, that heir's beautiful sister, Elizabeth's handsome, charming beau from ten years ago who renews his suit, a very charming governess, the appealing 14-year-old sisters of Elizabeth, and even more interesting characters. The result is a very delightful, witty book with the best dialogue I've found in ages. This is one of the most intelligent and subtly humorous Regencies I've ever read.

(I do need to mention, however, that although the vocabulary choices and behavior seem period appropriate overall, Simonson's use of "crikey" was a bit jarring. I'd thought that word came into usage in mid-Victorian times.)


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Lady Elizabeth Comet Sheila Simonson 9780446300360 Books Reviews

What can I say, I love regencies and Sheila writes some good ones that ARE NOT in the style of Heyer. Love Heyer, but tired of imitators. Sheila is very much a different writer.
This is one of my favorite regency novels of all time. For the last 20 years, I've enjoyed picking up this lovely novel and reading it again. Sheila Simonson is awesome!
Character development and story exceeds what passes for recency romances today. Tom was superb, Elizabeth you grow to love also.
If you love Regencies but you're a little tired of the same old thing, this book might just do the trick. It's told in the first-person with humor and intelligence and is just a little different from the usual debutante at Almack's story. The love story takes a while to unfold, but it's worth the wait.
I've spent years wishing for a Regency author who measured up to Georgette Heyer, and I believe this author measures up pretty well. No innocent, foolish 18-year-old heroine here! No evil abductors or, indeed, any bad guys at all. Lady Elizabeth is an intelligent, well-informed and well-educated 27-year-old heroine with a taste for astronomy and an impatience for the social restrictions of the day. Lady Elizabeth's Comet is a traditional Regency romance in the style of Georgette Heyer with good character development and a unique first-person perspective. I really enjoyed this book.
This book was an absolute delight. The characters were witty and charming, the story entertaining, and the dialogue crisp and engaging. Definitely one of the best Regencies I have read in a long time.

Lady Elizabeth is a very unique and charming heroine. She is the oldest of eight siblings (all female) and is rather odd in an amusing fashion. She is obsessed with astronomy and has devoted her life to it hence her unmarried state at 28. It has been a while since I have found a heroine as interesting and captivating as Elizabeth. There is a lot of depth to her character that the reader is bound to appreciate.

Clanross is a very unlikely hero at the beginning but I absolutely loved him by the end. He too is unique if slightly mysterious. I would have loved to have had some insight into his thoughts but alas the story was written in the first person.

To make the stroy even better the supporting characteres were loveable. The twins, Miss Bluestone, Bevis, Sims and a number of sundry characers kept things moving at a great pace.

I also read a Cousinly Connection by the same author!! Another great read!!
In first person, the story is written from Elizabeth's point-of-view. I rarely like the use of this tense in a romance but this was in the nature of confiding to the reader and it was effective. Of course, it was also written well which is a boon in any novel.

Elizabeth was self-involved, interested primarily in her astronomy. One of eight sisters, she had little connection with her sisters, even the two living with her. Tom was her father's distant cousin and inherited the earldom upon her father's demise. Upon his arrival, Elizabeth viewed him with laughing condescension and greeted him stiffly. Tom was stiff during this brief meeting too, but he had good reason, physical reason.

We saw Elizabeth's character grow amid humor and much dry wit, which I always appreciate. The story was very entertaining and was written using much period language and some cant. The language was easily read though I did occasionally stumble over some of the slang. This was a well-balanced story with thorough character development. Tom was a remarkable and decent man.

I was left a little flat near the end when romance bloomed out of nowhere. Since this was all from Elizabeth's point-of-view, we weren't privy to how Tom's love developed. He just appeared and proposed. There were a few remarks and explanations but it was a little sudden. That's where the first-person tense presented a problem for me.

For the most part, this was an entertaining tale.

Enjoy your reading! )
Talk about a romance getting off on the wrong foot. She's cool, somewhat uppity and a bit off-putting. He seems stiff and unfriendly. He has a reason for his behavior. She not so much and is a bit unlikeable at first, but, not to worry, there will be some personal growth here.

Lady Elizabeth Conway is one of eight daughters of the late Earl of Clanross. The aloof earl never tried to have a real, united family and you sense that Lady Elizabeth, in particular, has grown up rather cold and self-involved. She's a serious astronomer, with her own telescope and observatory at the dower house where she lives and that's what her life centers around. As the story begins, two of her younger sisters have come to live with her. Two others are married and the three youngest girls live with one of the married sisters. Not a particularly close family.

Our hero here is the late earl's heir, Tom Conway, a distant cousin. When he arrives to take up his duties as earl, Elizabeth is, as mentioned before, cold and a bit snooty. The new earl isn't so very friendly to her either but, as mentioned before, at least he has a very valid reason.

Add to the mix a rather spendthrift, schmooze-with-the-ton heir to Clanross, that heir's beautiful sister, Elizabeth's handsome, charming beau from ten years ago who renews his suit, a very charming governess, the appealing 14-year-old sisters of Elizabeth, and even more interesting characters. The result is a very delightful, witty book with the best dialogue I've found in ages. This is one of the most intelligent and subtly humorous Regencies I've ever read.

(I do need to mention, however, that although the vocabulary choices and behavior seem period appropriate overall, Simonson's use of "crikey" was a bit jarring. I'd thought that word came into usage in mid-Victorian times.)