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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet, April 10, 2005
This review is from: The Christmas Carrolls (Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
Why it's like a Christmas anthology with four stories - Lord Carroll has three marriageable daughters and due to his own meddling, there are three romances to read about. Three? What is the fourth story? Why his own romance with his lovely wife Bess.
You will enjoy a wonderful afternoon of reading with this book. Very light, not too much tension. The girls are lovely and the romances all are sweet. Not a lot of worry over finances and marriage settlements. The men are all gentlemen - except maybe the very mildly villainous Oliver, Lord Carroll's heir. But even Oliver's story doesn't end too badly.
The references to Christmas are throughout the book and of course being a Metzger - there are animals galore. There are also helpful, watchful servants who shake their heads at the ton's escapades.
Delightful escape.
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A Delightful Romp, July 8, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: The Christmas Carrolls (Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed this novel, but couldn't give it a 5 because some of the characters were a bit shallow and not as drawn out as I would have liked. Also, the sudden romance emerging between the Carroll sisters and their respective suitors felt somewhat premature. However, as a light romp, this book was very much worth the read, and in fact I could not put it down. What I particularly enjoyed was the differences between the 3 sisters, Joia, Holly and Merry. Though all 3 were independent and intelligent, each had her own personality. Joia, the beautiful, serene, sensible type. Holly, the bookish intellectual who dreamed of adventure in faraway lands. And Merry, the tomboy. The one thing that absolutely "made" the story for me however was the relationship between Lord and Lady Carroll. While Metzger rather skimped on the development of the romances of the three daughters, she portrayed the love and need between their parents in such a way that touched my heart. The love between them seemed real and alive, and their story at the end was the most touching of all.
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A Delightful Romp, July 8, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: The Christmas Carrolls (Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed this novel, but couldn't give it a 5 because some of the characters were a bit shallow and not as drawn out as I would have liked. Also, the sudden romance emerging between the Carroll sisters and their respective suitors felt somewhat premature. However, as a light romp, this book was very much worth the read, and in fact I could not put it down. What I particularly enjoyed was the differences between the 3 sisters, Joia, Holly and Merry. Though all 3 were independent and intelligent, each had her own personality. Joia, the beautiful, serene, sensible type. Holly, the bookish intellectual who dreamed of adventure in faraway lands. And Merry, the tomboy. The one thing that absolutely "made" the story for me however was the relationship between Lord and Lady Carroll. While Metzger rather skimped on the development of the romances of the three daughters, she portrayed the love and need between their parents in such a way that touched my heart. The love between them seemed real and alive, and their story at the end was the most touching of all.
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