It takes a minx to tempt a rogue...Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved home falls into the hands of a distant cousin.
And it takes a rogue to tame her...William Dunford, London's most elusive bachelor, is stunned to learn that he's inherited property, a title...and a ward bent on making his first visit his last. Henry is determined to continue running the Cornwall estate without help from the handsome new lord, but Dunford is just as sure he can change things...starting with his wild young ward. But turning Henry into a lady makes her not only the darling of the town, but an irresistible attraction to the man who thought he could never be tempted.
Jana
3.5.2024
I'm a big fan of Julia Quinns later works (Agents of the Crown, Smyth-Smith Quartett and Bridgerton, of course), thus I wanted to read all her other novels, too. Her first Trilogy (Splendid, Dancing at Midnight and Minx) allready lets you get a glimpse of what makes her later works so much fun to read (or hear)... sparkling dialogs, interesting main characters (and endearing minor characters) and steaming hot love scenes... But it's the (at this point) long and repetitive pages in between that dim my enjoyment of this trilogy immensly. It takes the main characters very, very, very long to ponder on their respective reason for not being able to accept the others love ... and then they repeat it again. In the case of the audiobooks, matters get even worse due to the rather limited vocal abilities shown by the narrator. All the male characters have the same dull, fake deep sound, whereas all female characters (no matter what their temperament or age) get the same squeaky, high voice. This rather takes the steam out of any love scene or heated dialogue. Luckily, Julia Quinns writing improved a lot over time and thus I'll continue to read/hear her novels. But unlike with her later works, I'll gladly leave the Splendid-Trilogy be, with only having read/ heared it once.