I don't typically read romance, but I needed something fluffy, and this definitely fit the bill.

The characters are pretty standard: The bride is young (17), naive, impetuous; the groom is 35, endlessly patient and calm, completely charmed by the girl, and always ready to defend her virtue and rescue her from tricky situations; there's the bride's brother and his cohorts, bumbling gamblers the lot; an evil villain intent on compromising the bride's virtue; and the scorned mistress of the groom, who wants him back.

I didn't find the characters particularly likeable. It was frustrating that the love story readers are expected to root for involves a man who's been having a promiscuous affair with another woman for years, and the affair continues into the marriage. I know characters can't be perfect, but this is a much bigger deal than the author made it out to be. (Essentially, "Boys will be boys.")

Everything about the story was completely unrealistic. However, it was a lot funnier than I expected; that's what kept me reading and why I gave it 3 stars. I'm not opposed to reading more by the same author in the future, but I think I'll need to research which ones are best.

Note: The d* word is used, and God's name is used flippantly. ( )

Full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/book-review-the-convenient-marriage-by-g...

It’s quite a mix of frank talk and embarrassment by Horatia. Luckily, most secrets don’t stay secrets for long. ( )

Horatia Winwood is the youngest and the least attractive of the three Winwood sisters. She also has a stammer. But when the enigmatic and eminently eligible Earl of Rule offers for her oldest sister’s hand – a match that makes financial and social sense, but would break her heart – it is Horatia who takes matters into her own impetuous hands. Can she save her family’s fortune? Or is she courting disaster? Witty, charming, elegant, and always delightful, Georgette Heyer – the undisputed queen of Regency Romance – brings the whole period to life with deft precision and glorious characters. ( )

Can you tell I'm desperate to finish 2 more books to finish my goal for the year? One more book and 3 days to read it in...
That being said, this was typical Heyer fare. And I finished it in two days!

Her side characters are delightfully hilarious. Pel and Pom had me in stiches. The duality of the stiff moral code makes for wonderful jokes. ( )