Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase is a historical romance novel set in the Carsington Brothers series. The story follows the relationship between Alistair Carsington, a war hero looking to build a canal, and Mirabel Oldridge, a headstrong heiress who opposes his plans. The book is praised for its witty dialogues, interesting characters, and the unique setting of Derbyshire. The plot revolves around the conflict between Alistair and Mirabel as they navigate their attraction and differing opinions on the canal project.
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Medium triggers and content warnings include discussions of PTSD and the presence of a villainous subplot.
Has Romance?
The romance between Alistair and Mirabel is a central focus, marked by significant chemistry and development.
From The Publisher:
Beloved author Loretta Chase offers her long-awaited new novel-the tale of a bluestocking and a reformed rake who clash over a matter of business, and soon find themselves facing an entirely different, and delicious, sort of tension.
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Spiffily dressed Alistair Carsington is horrified to meet the very intelligent but dowdily dressed Mirabel Oldridge and the two clash when they find themselves on opposing sides of a proposed canal.
I've loved the other two Loretta Chase books I've read but this one just missed the mark. It wasn't bad - just kind of boring and it seemed endlessly long because of it. The biggest problem beyond plot was that I just didn't like the characters. Alistair was kind of ridiculous and Mirabel was just drab. She had no real distinguishing marks, nothing to set her apart from the million other female characters I've encountered. There was very little witty banter and she didn't seem to have hobbies beyond liking nature and I just didn't care. Alistair was somewhat set apart as a clothes fiend and his insistent on his clothes and her clothes looking pristine and fashionable but it wasn't enough to keep my interest.
So apart they were bland and together even more so. I didn't really see why either of them liked the other and the chemistry between them was non-existent. And there was very little plot to occupy 300+ pages. I did like Alistair's solution to the canal problem
(he suggests a railway instead)
but it just wasn't enough to redeem the rest of it. 2 stars, edging closer to the 1.5.
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About the Author:
Loretta Chase holds a B.A. from Clark University, where she majored in English and minored unofficially in visual art. Her past lives include part-time teaching at Clark and a Dickensian six-month experience as a meter maid. In the course of…
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