Lady Sophia

I enjoyed this novella. It was a quick read for me took me about 30-40 minutes in all. I haven’t read this author before but I enjoyed her writing style. Will look for more!

An amusing book, in which Sophia is bored with her aunt in Venice, and seeks pleasure elsewhere by sneaking out of the house to pose nude for an artist. The ending is something I will not reveal, for fear of spoiling the novella, but it is a good read, and the consequences of her action are unexpected, at least to me.

Lady Sophia follows Miss Sophia Poncock on her trip to Venice, where she meets two men after getting into a splashy situations. The book follows her through her many adventures - both physical and emotional - with them, while also introducing us to a full cast of characters.

Lady Sophia is an interesting story that is fairly unique when compared with other romance novels. For example, the language changes in the story (from modern language to Austen-ish language) made it more accessible for the regular reader in my opinion, and added a different touch to the story.

I do think that the character portrayal of Lady Sophia is not yet fully fledged, and could still have been developed though the story rests as a novella. For example, her character seems to be somewhat prone to jealousy and envy during some parts of the story, while appearing amical and proud in other points of the story. This was a bit confusing for me, and may impact other readers as well. Although, otherwise, I enjoyed this reading experience, greatly!

The twist at the end of the story was also a bit unexpected, and I think the author had an interesting portrayal of late-1700s Venice without being too snobbish. If you're looking for a story to cuddle up with while drinking a hot beverage, Lady Sophia fits perfectly with this holiday or winter season.

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An enjoyable book to read. It was short but interesting. The main characters were predictable but honest. I liked the story and the ending was not what l expected. If you want a quick short read to enjoy then l recommend that you read this book.

Venice 1720. For Sophia fresh from a English countryside village it was all what she had dreamed of but with a repressive aunt whom she was accompanying, the art and beauty of Venice was being denied her. Sophia was no frightened miss and was determined to enjoy herself in this chance of a lifetime and this she did.
Henry on the other hand was sent off to the Continent to "repent" for his many transgressions! he was not repenting in the least but enjoying himself to the utmost. When his father died suddenly, he realized the depth of his responsibilities and had to return to England to face upto them.

They meet up once again in different circumstances, and the effect they have on each others lives is part of this novella.

The story is light hearted and since it is a very short one we are not able to see how it is going to develop further. Hopefully there will be a sequel.

This story takes you to 1700's Vienna where Sophia is a spoil young woman looking for adventures and she does find it in all different directions and more so cause she is hiding all of this from her Aunt. Character Sophia is a developing work as you read about her character and her life with some excitement and pleasing only Sophia.Pamela Stephen,she does a very great job with developing Sophia way of living.. Received from Net Gallery .

this was a short read but it really packed a lot in this book. The characters were great and I loved the time period, this was a lot of fun to read.

I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. I love the cover! The story was really good and I highly recommend.