Review: The Unknown Ajax

The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I love Heyer, usually, however...you know when you go to a party and there a lot of interesting people there but you end up talking to the group who you thought were going to be witty due to them being really smart but then about fifteen minutes in you realize that each on their own would probably be fun to be with but the whole of them together are pretty boring? That's what this book is like.
There needed to be about 20% edited out to bring it up to the quick-witted romp that one usually enjoys in a Heyer Regency.

One has a pretty good idea about what is going to happen quite quickly in the story, but it drags getting to the point and sadly the good highly amusing bit doesn't really happen until the last four chapters.

Much like the characters in the book, it does feel like being stuck in a country house without much to do and it keeps raining. This is a perfectly good book to read if one is stuck inside at a country house while it is raining and you can't bear to listen to the other members of the party once again discuss the fashions of the ton. Otherwise, go read The Grand Sophy instead.

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