Author: Georgette Heyer
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Genre: Regency romance/Clean romance
Date Started: May 11, 2010
Date Finished: May 14, 2010
Rating: A+
Description (from Barnes & Noble): The three great-nephews of cantankerous Mr Penicuik know better than to ignore his summons, especially when it concerns the bestowal of his fortune. His freakish plan is that his fortune will be his step-daughter Kitty's dowry.
Eager to put an end to the attentions of all these fortune-hunting men who pursue her, Miss Kitty Charing flees to London with Freddy Standen, a confirmed bachelor. Kitty finds life in the exciting city more wonderful than she ever imagined, but is it the city or the man who brought her newfound happiness?
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This is completely irrelevant to my opinion of the book, but why is it that most of the new reprints of Georgette Heyer's books have covers that are completely unrelated to the story? Yes, the title is The Cotillion, and a cotillion is a dance, but the three girls waiting for dance partners has absolutely nothing to do with the book.
This is one of Heyer's funniest books. Her characters, their personalities and eccentricities, the trouble they get themselves into. A faked betrothal, elopements, crazy family members. All of it is so funny! A few of the characters can grate on your nerves, but their annoyingness doesn't detract at all from the great dialogue and romance in the book. One problem I did have was that Heyer included a lot more Regency era slang into the book, so I felt like I needed an interpreter at some points. But that didn't make the book an less awesome either. A+
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