It all depends on how she's handled. I enjoy a change of pace like a "prickly" heroine. While we're at it, can I say something about rakes in Regencies? So often they show no real sign of being such. I'd like to see a real rake used (and reformed, of course). I'm reading an sf novel in which the heroine's sister is the secondary heroine. She's prickly but has a great sense of humor—and she's found herself a prickly, humorous man. It works!
Don't remind me! Or rather, do. I had four boxes of books I was going to bring to work today to sell off, and then forgot them because I'm rather the zombie in the mornings and don't wake up until I get to work. (Don't tell the Highway Patrol!) It's hard to get rid of non-keepers because darn it, those things cost MONEY, but also hard because I tend to forget which books I've read. For example: Jenny Crusie's "The Cinderella Deal." I recently bought this and on the bottom of the first page I realized I'd read it already. It's a heartwarming bit of fluff, so it's not only a keeper but a sell. (Sell the extra copy, that is.) Speaking of Crusie, it's interesting that so many of her books will leave my shelves only when my hands are cold and dead, yet there are quite a few I'm content to live without. It's rare that I find an author whose work appeals to me across the line. Why, even Julia Quinn had an off-book! (gasp!) However, she's taking up far too much shelf space and it sometimes bugs me. When will the cost of ebooks come down so I can clear out her shelves? I have Wonder Woman figurines that need to be displayed properly.
I'm currently reading somethingorother "in White," by Queen Nora. It has an extremely endearing nerd hero. As for Prof. Higgins, I far prefer the first ending of the original play, in which Eliza dumped the misanthropic jerk and went off with, oh, whatshisface, Freddie. Freddie was a loser but at least he wasn't a jerk. She'd be best off with Col. Pickering. (Perhaps he has a young nephew?)
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