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shaeliz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sop17hie's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Xenophobia and War
kmthomas06's review against another edition
3.0
I do enjoy this series especially for its unique connecting factor of the servants and their lives over the ton they serve. I liked Jane; Fiona from the first book was a bit too much at times and while Jane is young, and acts her age most of the time, I felt like I liked her a bit more than Fiona (that I was happy for an update on her of course).
gobby_gilbert's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
chrissie57's review against another edition
3.0
The second of M.C. Beaton's (Marion Chesney's) House for the Season. I read the whole set of six years ago and thought i would try them again but I found both this and the previous volume (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5498498162) very disappointing - I will not be reading the other four titles in the series
This book mixes a sort of Cinderella type tale (Jane is plain and is passed over by her mother in favour of her beautiful sister) with a murder mystery, the death of the daughter of a family who had previously lived in the house. Jane and an apparently foppish Lord join forces find the solution and obviously in the end Jane is not plain, the Lord is alarmingly masculine () and off they go to get married. Sadly, the male MC is so uninteresting and cardboardy that I can't remember his name.
Mixed in with all this is the ongoing adventures of the servants at 67 Clarges Street. I wish I could say they were more interesting; sadly they are not. They are a very artificially 'mixed bunch' and their problems are of no real interest, any more than their efforts to help the various tenants of the house are.
There is nothing wrong with this book if you just want a quick easy shot of Regency. However, given that they were originally published in the 1980s, I think my own impression reading them now is that there is something quite unpleasant underlying the whole series. I don't feeel happy and relaxed after reading one, I feel slightly...unclean
This book mixes a sort of Cinderella type tale (Jane is plain and is passed over by her mother in favour of her beautiful sister) with a murder mystery, the death of the daughter of a family who had previously lived in the house. Jane and an apparently foppish Lord join forces find the solution and obviously in the end Jane is not plain, the Lord is alarmingly masculine (
Spoiler
he appears to first notice Jane when it becomes apparent she has a very nice bosom, which is frankly creepyMixed in with all this is the ongoing adventures of the servants at 67 Clarges Street. I wish I could say they were more interesting; sadly they are not. They are a very artificially 'mixed bunch' and their problems are of no real interest, any more than their efforts to help the various tenants of the house are.
There is nothing wrong with this book if you just want a quick easy shot of Regency. However, given that they were originally published in the 1980s, I think my own impression reading them now is that there is something quite unpleasant underlying the whole series. I don't feeel happy and relaxed after reading one, I feel slightly...unclean
natas287's review against another edition
5.0
Books by M.C. Beaton are always a pleasure.
This book was so funny.
It had a sweet romance, a murder, a cat (or was it....).
But the real story was of course the house and the servants.
I want to know more about them. What will happen next....
This book was so funny.
It had a sweet romance, a murder, a cat (or was it....).
But the real story was of course the house and the servants.
I want to know more about them. What will happen next....
meganjeg's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
cmx's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
2nd of 6th, free in Audible, light-hearted easy read, somewhat predictable, the rest aren't free and that may be just fine