The Baron and The Bluestocking (Six Rogues and Their Ladies #6) by G.G. Vandagriff

The Baron and The Bluestocking (Six Rogues and Their Ladies #6) Reviews

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  Tanya Sridhar

  
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  Melyssa

  This was a clean romance, but... but... too much was wrong.
  
  To start, there were editorial errors everywhere... :( The whole Beethoven thing was not believable, the tone and vocabulary were off. Uhh... I don't think they would have said "first rate funk" in the Recency era. It all just felt very... off.
  
  And I wasn't even that compelled by the characters.
  
  Overall... Meh.
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  G.G. Vandagriff

  Today I am launching this, the third in my trilogy of Three Original Ladies and their Gentlemen. It is a standalone, however!
  
  It is my book, so of course I have given it a 5-star effort. I hope my readers agree!
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  Niffer

  A thoroughly meh, dime-a-dozen regency romance.
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  HR-ML

  Regency.
  
  This featured 3 men enchanted with stunning late
  vicar's dtr, schoolteacher Helene:
  1) plain, earnest wool merchant's son Samuel
  'standing for MP. '
  2) handsome but trustworthy (?) baron, William
  3) handsome baron/ hero, Christian who enjoyed
  debating the h.
  
  Christian was fixated on Sophia, the woman who
  got away, (they never kissed) who wed his best
  friend. The H thought Helene a "feisty, needle-wit
  goddess." They argued about the role of women
  & should new laws protect women via universal
  education & job training to prevent poverty (after
  lost income due to death of parent or spouse)? It
  took awhile for the hero to drop the social class
  barrier distancing him from the heroine. He also
  thought her views too radical.
  
  One unexpected plot point seemed to change the
  story direction. I wished this couple revealed their
  true feelings sooner.
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  Michele Bolay

  I got this as either a free or a .99 e-book. The plot trope is one that I usually enjoy, but the characters and the writing style just didn't do it for me. I also think that the more in-depth/angsty/meaty historical romances I read have spoiled me for any Regencies except Georgette Heyer's, so I should just give up on them. They filled a need when I was much, much younger, but they don't hold my attention any more.
  
  Also, the historical inaccuracies REALLY bugged me. For example, the word "feminist" wasn't in use until much later in the 19th century.
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  Frances

  . The only thing more unbelievable than the characters was the plot.
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  Abdmoody

  A low 3 stars. it did not redeem itself much after the half way point.
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  Laila

  The book-cover is a turn off but the story isn't! The irony of 'don't judge a book by its cover"!
  This is the kind of book, so well written that hard to put it away until you reached the last page--can't say if you're not a historical romance sucker like me--that not to say I don't have high expectations in this genre. Woe to me for I supposed to be reading this scholarly work that staring at me on my desk. Kudos to the writer for smarting the women's issues in the story-plot, nicely done, madam! While I did say it's a sin to have favorite even to books and writers, it suffice to say G.G. Vandagriff is an accomplished writer and a storyteller and I'm looking forward to read her other works.
  
  
  
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  Reina

  Uno de los peores libros que he leído. No sé siquiera si lo pasaron por edición o qué onda, porque tiene un uso del inglés de lo más triste. Vamos, que intenta ser una novela de la Regencia, pero se nota a leguas que fue escrito por una mamá aburrida que no sabe qué hacer con su tiempo mientras los niños están en la escuela.
  Y no es que yo sea una experta en el Inglés británico de 1800, pero para escribir un libro de época hay que investigar, gente.
  Otro punto menos por tanta pinche comparación forzosa con "Orgullo y prejuicio". No, señora, ni de lejos se me habría ocurrido comparar a su pareja insta-love con Darcy y Elizabeth. Get out. Odio que intenten obligarme a pensar de una forma en particular. Ninguno de los personajes te deja pensar por ti mismo, es ridículo.
  Otro menos por su absurda línea cronológica y sucesos que se complican y solucionan en menos de tres párrafos. Ah, porque si se requiere resolver un "misterio", el personaje que lo sabe todo aparecerá y dará todas las respuestas a modo de carta para que no queden dudas y no tengas que preguntarte nada.
  AND OH MY FUCKING GOD. Ni siquiera me hagan comenzar con su estúpida protagonista. Que se las quiere pintar de feminista, pero es todo lo que odio de las feminazis. NOOOOOPEEEEE.
  Puaj.
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  Melissa

  I did like this story. The characters were good and I loved the banter between them and the story was good. I wish more had happened in the middle, I felt like the end was so jam packed with things happening it made me feel like the rest of the book lacked. It was a little slow moving but overall I liked it. The problem I had with this book was it all felt very aloof and a little cold, till the very end. I was not convinced this girl and guy had much heart at all and really worried how this was going to end. The feel of the book changed a lot with the last couple of chapters and it ended well. Just not sure I like this style of writing.
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  Whitebeard Books

  I've gotten to know the characters in this series like the neighbors on my street. Actually better because the information I have on them is more complete than with my neighbors. That said, they are just as real as my neighbors and therein lies the appeal for continuing the series. What can I say, I'm swept along with a good story.
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  Aiga Al

  Overall Six Rogues and Their Ladies series was quite nice. The biggest challenge for me was the pace of the books. For ~200 page books it's quite unusual for me not to read them in one sitting. Stories simply couldn't pull me in completely and in some cases they turned annoying. Pace wise last two books of the series were the best.
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  Connie Cook

  This was a free book and it was a quick read. It was predictable. Set in England about a girls who’s father died and left them poor. She became a teacher, and took care of her sisters. She was a feminist (which was unusual for those times). She was beautiful and three different men wanted to marry her. There is attempted murder and dishonesty by some of the characters.
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  InD'tale Magazine

  3.5/5.0
  
  “The Baron and the Bluestocking” is a classic Regency tale that takes place in England and reminiscent of a Georgette Heyer novel.
  
  Read full review in the
  2014 February issue of InD’tale Magazine.
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  Kellie Dipiro

  Just fluff!
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  Mary Baker

  I think the author needed to develop her characters and her plot details more than she did. I felt that events happened before the reader was prepared for them.
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  Elda

  Very Heartwarming!
  
  I have nothing but praises to sing of Ms Vandagriff’s writing. I literally could not tear my eyes away from my ereader as I devoured this book. I have read other books by this author and loved them all. I was very confident that I would find this to be a clean regency romance which it was. Her characters are diverse and realistic. I loved Hélène and her firm convictions regarding women’s equality which in the regency period were considered to be too radical. Although I do not consider myself to be a radical, I did sympathize with her as her feelings about this stemmed from her own experiences. My heart went out to her when I considered the plight that Hélène suffered having to find a way to take care of her siblings when both her parents died leaving them destitute. There are so many other points I could make about this story, not the least of which is the romance between Hélène and Christian. At first meeting one another they both were adversarial. You could feel the angst very strongly. Other twists to this story brought out some sadness, but also a very heartwarming HEA. I highly recommend this book to all lovers of regency romance.
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  D Call

  I'm giddy over this book!
  
  Similar to Pride and Prejudice (which is also mentioned in the book), both hero and heroine have to shed pre-conceived notions of love and marriage to have their happily ever after.
  
  I loved how they fell in love, I thought the excitement at the end was surprising and revealing, and I loved how they resolved the concerns they had.
  
  Contains no sex scenes, no violence, and I don't remember any swear words. Fabulous fabulous book! I have found a new favorite author!
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  Linda Rutland

  I'll never marry
  
  The oldest daughter of the recently deceased vicar is supporting her three sisters with her earnings as a teacher for orphaned and uneducated girls from the East End. She goes she'll never depend on a man for her care and protection which means she never plans to marry. Yet within forty-eight hours she has not one but three proposals. Great characters and story.
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  Rachel Crosby

  Okay, more-or-less period accurate, but also regrettably wooden
  
  Have you ever gone to see a live play in which the actors are so stiff and are filled with stage fright, they speak their lines like robots? Though the plot is interesting and the characters well written, I felt while reading that there was a cartoon quality to the novel. With a few exceptions, most of the scenes seemed mechanical.
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  L S Hardy

  Good Book for Women's History Month
  
  Not only is this story interesting and filled with intrigue, but it also point out how dependent women were on their male relatives at this time in history. There really were few opportunities for women to earn a living and marriage truly was their only way to survive if not independently wealthy.
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  Paula Bothwell

  Good new to me author. Clean. I did not realize this would have so much intrigue. I liked the heroine, but she was over the top sometimes. I think I would enjoy knowing someone as open, candid, and without guile.