Friday's Child
by Georgette Heyer
Blurb:
When the very eligible Viscount Sheringham, or "Sherry", proposes to Hero Wantage, she is overjoyed. Saved from life as a governess, she begins social climbing, but so naively that Sherry fears drastic action is required, or she will ruin them both.
My Reaction:
The blurb both over-simplifies this novel and makes it sound more dramatic and serious than it really is. If you're familiar with Georgette Heyer—or at least her works I've read so far—you'll know that her Regency novels are light and fun. This one is no different, though I did find it took a little time to get going. After a promising beginning, the story seems to stall out and advance only slowly. There was too much about fashion, home decor, and diversions of the time for me, personally. I enjoy the odd book set in the Regency period, but in my opinion Regency references and minutiae are best in small doses, and I had my fill and more here! Fortunately, things eventually begin to happen again, and I enjoyed the novel much more after that.
Sherry's friends steal the show here, and as many other reviewers have indicated, there are some real flashes of P.G. Wodehouse-style wit in some of the conversations.
