294 pages

English language

Published April 5, 2013

ISBN:
978-0-425-26888-9
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
826444489

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (5 reviews)

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. Even Felix himself almost believes this golden image. But underneath is a damaged soul soothed only by public adulation. Louisa Cantwell needs to marry well to support her sisters. She does not, however, want Lord Wrenworth, though he seems inexplicably interested in her. She mistrusts his outward perfection, and the praise he garners everywhere he goes. Still, when he is the only man to propose at the end of the London season, she reluctantly accepts. Louisa does not understand her husband's mysterious purposes, but she cannot deny the pleasure her body takes in his touch. Nor can she deny the pull this magnetic man exerts upon her. But does she dare to fall in love with a man so full of dark secrets, any one of which …

2 editions

Review of 'The luckiest lady in London' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Sherry Thomas recently wrote more YA, like the Ballad of Mulan, but her regency romances though.. another hit

We got pining, cunning, married life where they learn to love each other, the 2 characters were very good I loved their romance, it was quick, had an on point pacing with all that you can like in a regency romance book^^

A fun romp

4 stars

This is a good modern historical romance (ie: set in the past but the people behave generally like people and have relatable motives, and the world isn’t mysteriously bereft of queerness or something just because it’s the 1800s) that has some fun twists. I especially enjoyed that the woman takes one look at the guy and is basically like, “oh no, he’s too hot” and has to spend the rest of the book persuading him into bed, essentially. (A nice reversal from the usual blushing virgin routine.)

I found the eventual final conflict and resolution to be pretty rushed, but that’s a romance novel for you. The sex is all well written while being surprisingly generalized — there are a lot of scenes of teasing or extended foreplay through objects — which again, is a nice change up and is interesting to see an author do instead of Yet More …

Review of 'The luckiest lady in London' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

When I started this I was worried that I wasn't going to be that into it because the premise/setup is focused on how Felix wants to have power over Louisa and she's enthralled by her physical attraction to him, etc.

But then it pretty quickly took a turn to be about how they're both horny doofus astronomy nerds who don't know how to emotion. Super delightful. I especially enjoyed the way that they actually directly TALKED about their feelings, despite part of the conflict being their unwillingness to admit their love to each other.

My only major issue was the implication that Felix's mom should have just given in and accepted her dad's love instead of being bitter and angry forever. Which I think is crap given that she was in love with someone else, she turned Felix's dad down, and then he went to her father to ask for …

avatar for tlwright

rated it

4 stars

Subjects

  • Secrets
  • Siblings
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Upper class
  • Fiction

Places

  • England
  • London
  • London (England)