Title: After a Fashion (A Class of Their Own #1)
Author: Jen Turano
Pages: 352
Release Date: February 24, 2015 (Kindle) March 3, 2015
(Print)
Publisher: Bethany House
Note: I received a free copy of this book from the author in
exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
Miss Harriet
Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to
independent working women like herself. Unfortunately, when an errand for her
millinery shop job goes sadly awry due to a difficult customer, she finds
herself without an income.
Mr. Oliver
Addleshaw is on the verge of his biggest business deal yet when he learns his
potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and wed. When
Oliver witnesses his ex not-quite-fiancee causing the hapless Harriet to lose
her job, he tries to make it up to her by enlisting her help in making a good
impression on his business partner.
Harriet quickly
finds her love of fashion can’t make her fashionable. She’ll never truly fit
into Oliver’s world, with its fancy dinners and elegant balls, but just as she’s
ready to call off the fake relationship a threat from her past forces both
Oliver and Harriet to discover that love can come in the most surprising
packages.
My review:
This is a delightful
historical romantic comedy!
I absolutely love
Jen Turano’s writing. She has an incredible knack for developing characters
that you can fall in love with. This book is no different. The main character,
Harriet Peabody, has so many wonderful quirks that draw you in and hold onto
you. She has a sweet wholesomeness that makes it easy to understand why her
friends stick by her as well as why new acquaintances are drawn to her almost
as soon as they meet her. At the same time she has a strong sense of how people
(especially the downtrodden) should be treated that challenges others to
improve themselves.
The storyline is
very light-hearted and a great source of entertainment. I have come to expect
many humorous situations from Jen’s books and this story doesn’t leave anything
to be desired in that department. I chuckled my way through this book even as I
have through the other novels that she has written. I’m already looking forward
to the next book in this series.
I
have to give this wonderful story 5-stars. I would really like to give it more
but that the standard top rating. I highly recommend it and if you are looking
for an amusing tale to make you laugh you should definitely pick up a copy.
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