The Luckiest Lady In London: London Book 1

This is the first book in the Sherry Thomas London series, it is an extremely captivating and satisfying read outlining Louisa and Felix’s voyage of self discovery - their recognition of the reasons they behave as they do and their emotional growth. They are wonderful, both highly intelligent and insightful - recognising each other for who they truly are behind their polite, social facades. Each of them outwardly follow the conventions and mores of the day but they are both cynical and atypical of their time. Acknowledging this within each other they openly discuss their wants and needs. Felix is fascinated by Louisa and it amuses him that she is the only member of society who sees his true self and not the face he outwardly presents. Louisa fears Felix because she is physically drawn to him and she has no illusions that he will marry her, she is utterly truthful around the lust she has for Felix and shares her sexual fantasies with him. Despite their differences Louisa and Felix share some similarities. They each enjoy a long term interest in astronomy, and both have familial issues they need to overcome. Felix had a wretched childhood (described in the prologue), and it is easy to understand, if not forgive, how he grows into the man he becomes. Louisa, as the oldest daughter of an impoverished family, feels responsible for her mother and four younger sisters and is determined to marry well in order to keep them all in a comfortable lifestyle. A spellbinding book with intelligent dialogue, attractive characters and a thought provoking story - well worth the time and effort. Sometimes laugh out loud funny other times painful and raw but always worth the emotional investment. I love this book.

Well-written with good characterisation and plenty of sexual tension. After a childhood spent being used as a weapon between his parents, Felix re-creates himself into The Ideal Gentleman. Of course, beneath the facade, he's nothing of the sort. Louisa, in need of a wealthy husband, has put a lot of time and effort into appearing to be the perfect bride - though underneath she is no more perfect than Felix is ideal. The fact that both of them are pretending is what enables each of them to recognise pretence in the other. I liked both characters and certain scenes - notably the one where Louisa admits to Felix that only 25% of her bust is her own! - live in the memory. Ms Thomas has talent.

I'm still reading it - and these type of books I usually devour in a sitting. Thus - it goes on a bit...

This was the first book I have read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story of the romance was different to the ones I usually read but quite interesting. The hero was quite conniving, and the heroine was clever in her thinking. I will certainly read other books by Ms Thomas. My only beef with the book was Ms Thomas' referring to a place as Cotswold. There is no such place! There is an area of England called The Cotswolds. It would be like talking about Long Island and The Hamptons as Hampton.

i didnt expect to like this book, i actually bought it by mistake and wasnt very sure about it at the beginning. but the author definitely has an interesting writing style and teh characters are pretty weird, nerdy and interesting... not bad

I found this story hugely entertaining and the verbal sparring very funny indeed. I also rather liked that characters whose stories are told in other books crop up here - appropriately because they are all part of the same social scene in London. In this story Lady Tremaine's (Private Arrangements) former lover, Felix, meets and joins battle with the woman he deserves.

I liked the way the author draw you to her characters. One of my favorite writers alongside Julie Ann Long, Lorraine Heath, Sophie Jordan and Tessa Dare.

I don’t write reviews very often, but I do make exceptions for certain books, and this is one of them. It is not a story full of events, that is to say that there are no murders, spies, or climactic events, this is more in the way of a character study. It’s a study of two people who wear masks, and what lies behind those masks, and how they come together as a couple. I loved this book, and just couldn’t put it down until it was finished. The prose is beautiful, and I loved the cast of characters. Highly recommended.

Mais uma ótima recomendação do site All About Romamce. Primeiro livro da série The London Trilogy, The Luckiest Lady in Town tem como seu ponto forte o romance entre os protagonistas, Felix e Louisa. Cativante e divertida, a trama bem acabada traz um romance vibrante e com vários momentos de intensa emoção. Ganha estrelas pelo texto caprichado, pelos diálogos ágeis e divertidos e pelo desenvolvimento da trama meticuloso,, sem embromação e sem invenção de conflitos inverossímeis e desnecessários. De fato, os conflitos surgidos entre os protagonistas são resolvidos de forma bastante satisfatória e sem atrapalhar o o ritmo da estória. Um belo romance histórico que, com certeza, irá agradar os o fãs do gênero.

Sherry Thomas a écrit l'un de mes livres préférés: Private Arrangements. Depuis je lis assidûment tous ses livres et je ne suis JAMAIS déçue. Dans The Luckiest Lady In London, l'histoire est d'une banalité affligeante: une jeune fille pauvre et d'une famille à la réputation douteuse se donne une saison à Londres pour trouver un riche époux afin de mettre ses sœurs à l'abris du besoin. Et bien entendu elle va attirer The Perfect Gentleman dans ses filets. L'histoire ne se complique pas vraiment d'avantage et les raisons du caractère torturé du héros sont vraiment (trop?) banales. MAIS, avec son style piquant et sans faute, Sherry Thomas nous narre une nouvelle fois une histoire prenante, avec de nombreuses pointes d'humour, de sourires, de pincements au cœur, de frissons et de coups dans l'estomac. Je ne peux donc que conseiller ce livre à celles qui recherche une BONNE romance historique, une qui sort du lot et vous fait ressentir quelque chose. OUI même à celles qui, comme moi, enchaînent les romans et finissent lassée de ces répétitives histoires.

Kept my interest right from the first chapter. Both the main characters were powerfully formed, the sexual tension between them was electric . There were no explicit sex scenes written , just the hint of what could happen. The story line was really good and flowed effortlessly . I would highly recommend it.

Como toda historia de la autora, la trama de esta novela se basa en dos protagonistas diametralmente opuestos y atraídos pero repelidos por circunstancias o malas decisiones provocadas por la inseguridad de sentirse amados o entendidos. Louisa, la protagonista, tiene muchas hermanas solteras y una madre viuda. Con escasos fondos económicos necesita casarse con urgencia, sobre todo porque su hermana más pequeña padece de epilepsia y necesita cuidados especiales. Ella no tiene altas expectativas, simplemente desea encontrar un esposo que pueda mantenerla a ella económicamente y por ende, ayude a su familia. Entra Félix, Lord Wrenworth. Apodado "El Caballero Ideal" por lo perfecto que es, Félix y Louisa se sentirán atraídos físicamente desde el instante en que se conocen. Aunque Louisa hace todo lo posible por evitarle, esto hace que él se empeñe en conquistarla con conversaciones que van de lo erótico a mero interés cultural. Los planes de Félix, se ven afectados por el rechazo de Louisa y terminan casados. A partir de aquí, es cuando realmente el libro da un giro de 180º y vemos los temores de este hombre tan perfecto que Louisa sabe que no es. Me encontré difrutando muchísimo de este libro. Pienso que es inclusive mejor que la última trilogía publicada por la autora y hubiese tenido la máxima valoración por mi parte si Sherry Thomas hubiese cambiado de fórmula. Me explico, me encanta su estilo, he leído casi todos sus libros históricos a falta de uno y salvo el segundo de la trilogía que me pareció flojo, por el resto encantada. Sin embargo creo que debería cambiar de fórmula. A pesar de que hasta ahora ha funcionado (por lo menos para mí) el tema de matrimonio roto/reconciliación, creo que va siendo hora de que emplee otro tipo de trama o llámese fórmula a sus historias, porque 6 libros con esta misma ejecución pueden llegar a cansar un poco. Pero lo dicho, ha funcionado una vez más y he quedado encantada con esta historia de amor. Muy buen estilo de escritura, excelente caracterización de los personajes y buena descripción del escenario. Si os gustan las historias de amor bien escritas y ejecutadas, Sherry Thomas no os decepcionará...

Un romanzo adorabile. I due protagonisti si conoscono e si piacciono con tutti i loro difetti (e sono tanti!) Moltissime le citazioni da sottolineare e ricordare