Review- The Nonesuch

I read too damn much. Four hours sleep, because I couldn't stop reading. You'd think I'd learn! 

  Ms Heyer clearly got inventive when naming characters in The Nonesuch - Waldo, Ancilla and Theophania. Theophania somehow ends up as Tiffany, I don't know. I definitely found it slightly harder to fall in love with a man named Waldo. Just doesn't inspire much confidence in me- perhaps it's the Where's Wally/Waldo thing.

Having churned over my thoughts on the fascinating names in the book, we come to the plot. It's a decent plot. No gaping plot holes, no tenuous plot devices. Lord Lindeth can be a little pale but when you consider he's supposed to be a catalyst for Tiffany/Theophania to realise what a sodding turd she is he does a good job. 

Dialogue isn't stilted, no totally random modernisms, speech patterns blend. Nothing to make me cringe and want to put my head in a mangle.

The romance is exactly what you'd expect from Heyer- innocent, appropriate, inoffensive and sealed with a bit of a kiss and a cuddle, and everyone happily ever after. I do love being able to open a book knowing there's a happy ending for those who deserve it, and sometimes even a sticky end for those who deserve that!

If you're the kind who enjoys a well written, inexplicit (is that even a word? Sod it, it is now) romance, with accurate references and all the rest, and can get past a hero named Waldo, you should read it. If you're my brother, don't bother. 

Anyway, having said all that, I'm not an expert on literature, I just read too much.