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The "poor relation"--a woman with limited funds and no man to protect her--is the staple of many a romance novel.

In this case, four friends, former teachers at a now defunct school for girls, band together to avoid being objects of pity living under the roof of male relatives.

The quartet is quite a mixture of ages and personalities, but they truly love and support each other. Of course, most of them wind up having their problems solved by marriage, but they do their own choosing of spouses, thank you.

The book adds that the author is a mystery writer who wrote this homage to Heyer and Austen anonymously.

The hand of an experienced writer is evident. About a dozen characters appear at Clarissa's newly-inherited estate--each with a distinct personality. They never merged into each other or into an indistinguishable mass of humanity, as so often happens.

There was a plot, and it had logic behind it.

Many of Heyer's stock characters are present: the older, jaded upper class man capable of falling in love wholeheartedly; the rather clueless young buck; the acclaimed beauty; the spirited, naive young woman. None of them had Heyer characters' sparkle and depth, but they were fun.

I enjoyed such an array of good women characters. And, there were no crazy, vile villains, just a few annoying, flawed people who were too self-absorbed to extend kindness to others.


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Clarissa and the Poor Relations edition by Alicia Cameron Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

A twisted romance in the style of the inimitable Georgette Heyer. The characters are all so well drawn that I felt like I knew them and the twisted plot held my interest all the way through to the "All's well that ends well" finale.
I quite enjoyed this book. It did effectively capture that lovely Heyer tone and voice. The plot was amusing. I'm sorry there is not another volume. I immediately lent it to a friend of mine who enjoys Heyer. I think I may even re-read it in a few years so it won't go to the library pile.

But... I have never in mind life seen a work so poorly edited with absurdly poor production quality. It was really quite distracting to see the grammatical errors highlighted and there were many spelling auto-corrects and punctuation and word choice errors. Also, the cover art was so truly awful I could not carry the book in public.

Edited to note that it looks like the cover art has been updated in a positive manner.
I liked Clarissa and the Poor Relations. The story was not your usual Regency romance. I would have given 4 stars but there some errors -- mostly grammar and editing that took me out of the story. Otherwise, I would not hesitate to recommend this book.
Entertaining, well-written in general, but needed another proofing by a human and not Spellchecker. It's annoying (and breaks the flow) to read "straights" when "straits" is meant; "bare" instead of "bear" or "threw" instead of "through." If not for those and other editing errors, I'd have given it a 5.
I absolutely loved this story! Clarissa Thorne's mother, who ran a school for young girls, has died. Clarissa's step-brother is sure that she will wish to move in with him and his wife, and oh yes, help out with their three children. Clarissa's friends and fellow teachers face similar fates ~ the beautiful Miss Oriana Petersham will be married off by her brother to the highest bidder. Miss Louisa Appleby, middle aged spinster, will go to live with her dreadful cousin and all of his dreadful children. Miss Augusta Micklethwaite, slightly less middle aged spinster, will have to go live with her brother. Not so fast ~ Clarissa has inherited the Ashcroft estate from a cousin and intends to bring her friends along to make it profitable again. Although he has no right to the estate itself, Clarissa's step-brother, as her nominal guardian, intends to sell it and 'manage' her money himself, so she won't have to worry her little head about it.The rest of the story is lively and fun, as the ladies restore the estate, make new friends, plot and scheme, and find love along the way. Great, well drawn characters, witty banter, and some laugh-out-loud moments made this a really fun read.
The "poor relation"--a woman with limited funds and no man to protect her--is the staple of many a romance novel.

In this case, four friends, former teachers at a now defunct school for girls, band together to avoid being objects of pity living under the roof of male relatives.

The quartet is quite a mixture of ages and personalities, but they truly love and support each other. Of course, most of them wind up having their problems solved by marriage, but they do their own choosing of spouses, thank you.

The book adds that the author is a mystery writer who wrote this homage to Heyer and Austen anonymously.

The hand of an experienced writer is evident. About a dozen characters appear at Clarissa's newly-inherited estate--each with a distinct personality. They never merged into each other or into an indistinguishable mass of humanity, as so often happens.

There was a plot, and it had logic behind it.

Many of Heyer's stock characters are present the older, jaded upper class man capable of falling in love wholeheartedly; the rather clueless young buck; the acclaimed beauty; the spirited, naive young woman. None of them had Heyer characters' sparkle and depth, but they were fun.

I enjoyed such an array of good women characters. And, there were no crazy, vile villains, just a few annoying, flawed people who were too self-absorbed to extend kindness to others.