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Title: The Impostor : The Liar's Club by Celeste Bradley ISBN: 0-312-98486-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 19 October, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What a ride!
Comment: This book rockets along, with characters changing in and out of two or three personas with lightning swiftness and falling in love with each other on the way. I couldn't put this book down.
A previous review said the prince's age was wrong, but after reading all three books, I think the author is just having fun with history. I didn't care, the prince obviously didn't care, and the story is everything a good romance should be. Hot, fast-paced and fun. Do NOT miss out on this series!
Rating: 4
Summary: A very enjoyable read, but a little rough around the edges.
Comment: I enjoyed this book tremendously! I don't remember ever laughing so much! Poor Dalton's costume was hilarious, and that was only one of many things. Celeste Bradley certainly has a talent for comedy. And I'm not really a big fan of "funny" romantic novels, I'm more the sentimental type, but the good thing is that this book has a lot of feeling too, and both things complement each other so nicely that I could barely put it down.
The main characters-Dalton and Clara- are fabulous. Who would have thought that the cool and composed Lord Etheridge from "The Pretender" was so romantic and passionate inside. Clara was a surprise too. The quiet, self effacing widow was a reckless, corageous, impulsive, passionate and rather wild woman.
The reason I did not give this book 5 stars, despite having enjoyed it so much is because there were several things that did not make much sense. For example, why did Clara run away in panic when she found out that "Monty" was the same man that was posing as Sir Thorogood? I don't think her reasoning is very well explained or justified in the book. Also, as other reviewer mentioned, there were some loose ends regarding the spionage plot. Why was Lord Reardon following Dalton? Was he the one trying to kill him? Moreover, there was a very obvious chronological mistake. In 1813, the year this story takes place, the Prince Regent was 51 years old, having been born in 1762. The age of the Liars and Lord Reardon is never stated clearly, but one is given to understand that they are somewhere between late twenties-early thirties. If Lord Reardon was already born and at least 5 years of age when the Prince was 16, then he would be at least 40 at the time of this book, which would make Simon a little older than that, but that is not possible because I remember Simon saying in the previous book "The Pretender", which take place in the same year as this one, that he hadn't been a boy for 15 years. If he were in his early forties, that would mean he was a boy until his late twenties, and that doesn't make sense. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but I can't say much without giving away the story. If you have read this book and "The Pretender", you probably know what I'm talking about.
I think the editors, and the authors as well, should be more careful about this kind of mistakes. Sometimes I wonder why some really boring books are considered great literature, while the romance novels, which are much more entertaining and obviously take talent to write too, are looked down upon. And I think this is part of the reason. I understand this genre is mostly commercial, and there are deadlines to meet, but the quality should not be sacrificed.
That said, I really think the book was very entertainning and will make you have a great time reading it. I certainly did.
Rating: 5
Summary: A GREAT READ
Comment: This book was just plain GOOD!!! After having read the latest historicals (which were dissapointing); Celeste Bradley's "The Impostor" was a much needed treat.
It was fun, romantic, intriguing...
Dalton Montmorency, is on his first Liar's mission. Having been a spy for the British government before, this is nothing new to him, but if he wants to be included in the Liar's circle, he's better not botch it. Masquerading as foppish (Sir Thorogood), the manly Marquess, plans to bring the cartoonist out of hiding. He never planned on meeting "air-head" widow Clara Simpson, nor falling for the misterious maid Rose.
This book is full of surprises, and both characters are extremely likable and real.
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!!!
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