--- product_id: 36849150 title: "Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1)" brand: "createspace independent publishing platform" price: "€ 30.60" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 20 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/36849150-penelope-a-madcap-regency-romance-the-fairweather-sisters-book-1 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1) **Brand:** createspace independent publishing platform **Price:** € 30.60 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1) by createspace independent publishing platform - **How much does it cost?** € 30.60 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/36849150-penelope-a-madcap-regency-romance-the-fairweather-sisters-book-1) ## Best For - createspace independent publishing platform enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted createspace independent publishing platform brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/517KwISnk1L.jpg) ![Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RWyxNG+LL.jpg) ![Penelope ( A Madcap Regency Romance ) (The Fairweather Sisters Book 1) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51U1GhozHwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ A Broad Caricature of a Madcap Regency *by B***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015* Duke/hero: "Stay away from me, country girl. I am the architect, not the fool. I plan and people follow. Do you understand?" He says this a few scenes before he's spying through keyholes and "wriggling his buttocks" (author's words) for the edification of a literally drooling maid and a few transfixed male servants.The Duke: "You are exactly like a mosquito...an annoying little bug, and I wish I could bring my hands together and splat! Squish you like an insect."Don't we all wish for that? In this story the hero (using the term loosely) is a boring boor with exactly zero interesting qualities. The "heroine" is an idiot. She gets drunk and acts like a two-year-old over dinner "grinning foolishly" (this is from her own perspective) and saying stupid things. I would have cringed in embarrassment, but I really wasn't that involved in these bad caricatures of "madcap" characters.The writing itself is sub-par. There is way too much dialogue that's lacking in character tags or description. There is no sense of the time, not to mention the anachronistic terms like diddly-squat. Then there's the huge background information dump that the heroine "blubbers" (author's word) to the potrait of her dead mother. This goes on for pages. Then we have lines like this: "The duke turned puce in his rage." There's more puce prose like this throughout this agonizingly long book. Okay, I admit I did a lot of skipping, especially after the transvestite is cordially welcomed into the very conservative duke's household. (Not kidding.)Among other "endearments" the duke calls the heroine a"halfwit" (meaning it). By the time I finished this book I felt he was giving her too much credit. Unless you're a fan of shows where people laugh uproariously when other people get hurt and guffaw when characters make fools of themselves with dopey grins, I'd recommend you not spend money or time on this book. ### ⭐ Big FAIL if you're a Regency fan *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015* Why, why, why do some johnny-come-lately authors call their books Regencies and then botch the period details? Here are a few of the fails that drove me nuts before I gave up half way through:- Diddly squat (late 20th century)- "Don't get your wings in a twist" (said by the main character to her dead mother; so-clever twist on knickers-in-a-twist, knickers early 20th century, phrase used US 1964, UK 1970s)- Barking iron, (inappropriately available in parlor) hunting rifle (barking iron was slang for pistol, not rifle)- Dressmaker, dressed as female, actually a male lord whose "bonnet jiggles for a man" (hanging offense!, but I didn't stick with it long enough to see how that plays out)- Colorful dresses, e.g., emerald green, coquelicot, for main character (debs were limited to white and light pastels)- Mutton, referencing goat (only in Asia and the Caribbean, not UK; and bringing a pet goat to a duke's residence is so far over the top I just cringed)- Bloomers (frequently repeated; bloomers were invented in 1849, did author miscall "drawers"?)- Canoodling (mid 19th century term)- Cute button nose (cute in Regency was short for acute, meaning shrewd; first literary reference to button nose appears to be Tono Bungay, 1909)- Pantheon, a carriage (phaeton, surely; doesn't seem suitable anyway for the proposed shopping trip by three people plus packages and probably a maid or footman)If I could pick up all these misnomers while reading, why couldn't the author find them while writing? Not to mention the overly cutesy story—mutton dressed as lamb, you might say (1811 or earlier, definitely Regency). ### ⭐ Beyond ridiculous *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015* Thank goodness I got this book for free. I have no idea how anyone could give this book a good review. The heroine was a complete idiot, the hero a total jack!#$, the plot non-existent. The book was in a word moronic. 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