Reviews

Finessing Clarissa by Marion Chesney

helenephoebe's review against another edition

4.0

Review - It's by far the funniest of the ones I've read as Clarissa's clumsiness and accidents make you laugh at loud. My mum actually came in and asked what I was laughing at! Clarissa is a person you can really connect to; she's clumsy and uncomfortable in a world full of perfect women who know how to look and act. I think Finessing Clarissa is my favourite of the School for Manners series so far. Definitely worth reading!

Genre? - Historical / Romance

Characters? - Effy Tribble / Amy Tribble / Benjamin Haddon / Clarissa Vevian

Setting? - London (England)

Series? - School for Manners #4

Recommend? - Yes

Rating - 18/20

jameymh's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

holtfan's review

1.0

Possibly I'm allowing my frustration with Marion Chesney to bubble to the surface and cause me to rate this book lower than it deserves, but I'm not sure. I'm just so tired of these males. Clarissa was great. I liked her as a heroine. I liked her red hair and clumsiness. This book easily got 2 stars from me up until the last quarter. Then the hero goes from "she's like a sister to me!" to making out on her bed. I am just so done with 180s, lust-filled heroes, and relationships that make no sense.
A pity, this one had potential. But Amy and Effy cannot save this storyline any more. It just isn't worth the awfulness for the occasional funny or developed moment.

sarah_'s review

4.0

This was SO fun, with laugh-out-loud ridiculousness and dramatic adventures. This series just keeps getting better and better!

jennyanydots's review

4.0

Joined my local library and picked a couple of books to start me off. Read most of this over lunch and it turns out to be book four of six in a series of slightly unusual regency romances. Amy and Effie Tribble set up in business to polish and chaperone difficult girls. In this case, clumsy Clarissa Vevian who gets held up by an incompetent highwayman and mixed up in a spy ring before she even arrives at their house. Another light, fun read, and i'll definitely look out for the other books.

NB - reprint under the author's other identity, M C Beaton.