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A review by maplessence
The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
5.0
Sometimes rereads are A Very Good Thing.
I was very young when I originally read this & I didn't much care for it. The hero came across as a bit of a wuss & it was far more an adventure than a romance. Also the teenage me found Gideon more appealing than Gilly.
On rereading I now think this is one of GH's best Regencies. The story line is skillfully done & for anyone who feels the romance was perfunctionally done I would say & subtly at the end both the reader & Gilly realise that
manage on his own he needs the sweet & capable Harriet. Similarly, Harriet needs to escape her tyrannical mother.
The host of minor characters make this a real laugh - Liversedge is one of GH's best villains. & a very satisfying finale.
I often wish Gideon had been given his own romance - but given how poorly some of her characters fared in An Infamous Army, maybe its just as well Gideon has been left to my dreams! :)
Edit 19/6/18; My previous review still stands - this is one incredible book with a large caste of magnificent characters. The scene where is one of the best GH ever wrote.
Edit: 2/2/22 Every time I read this book I love it more. GH turns a lot of romance tropes on their head with this actionpacked novel - for example
I was very young when I originally read this & I didn't much care for it. The hero came across as a bit of a wuss & it was far more an adventure than a romance. Also the teenage me found Gideon more appealing than Gilly.
On rereading I now think this is one of GH's best Regencies. The story line is skillfully done & for anyone who feels the romance was perfunctionally done I would say
Spoiler
that the engagement between Harriet & Gilly was necessary as a motive for why Gideon should be in a hurry to supposedly murder his cousinSpoiler
he can'tmanage on his own he needs the sweet & capable Harriet. Similarly, Harriet needs to escape her tyrannical mother.
The host of minor characters make this a real laugh - Liversedge is one of GH's best villains. & a very satisfying finale.
I often wish Gideon had been given his own romance - but given how poorly some of her characters fared in An Infamous Army, maybe its just as well Gideon has been left to my dreams! :)
Edit 19/6/18; My previous review still stands - this is one incredible book with a large caste of magnificent characters. The scene where
Spoiler
Liversedge comes to Gideon's houseEdit: 2/2/22 Every time I read this book I love it more. GH turns a lot of romance tropes on their head with this actionpacked novel - for example