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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780749908928
ISBN: 0749908920
Label: Piatkus Books
Manufacturer: Piatkus Books
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: December 04, 2008
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Studio: Piatkus Books

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Rating: - Not Julia's usual standard
Our hero, a rake, must marry before his 30th birthday, which is imminent. Circumstances prevail which encourage our heroine to marry this almost stranger. A recipe for love? Of course. I could only give the book a 3 star rating as I had a problem believing Charles had ever been a rake (I have only met one truly rakish rake in all the books I have read, he was marvellous). Also, the contrived circumstances which stop the couple consumating the marriage got tedious and I very nearly skipped chapters ... Read More

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Rating: - Characters and wit that shine brighter than the sun
When a young, drunk, highly eligible earl falls out of a tree and onto one's foot, what's a young woman to do? Well, being ever practical, Eleanor Lyndon helps him up, dusts him down and takes him back to the village where he's left his carriage. The last thing she expects to recieve is a marriage proposal when a simple thank you would have sufficed.

But Charles Wycombe, Earl of Billington, is desperate. He has two weeks left until he turns thirty, and if he's not married by then, he'll lose ... Read More

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Rating: - Fun historical romance
Julia Quinn's books are all very appealing - she has great characters whose verbal fencing is generally very amusing. You don't read her books for historical accuracy - this is certainly not her strong point - but they are fun and enjoyable reading.

"Brighter Than The Sun", like her other books, has a feisty heroine, Ellie Lyndon, who finds herself in a marriage of convenience with handsome rake Charles Wycombe, Earl of Billington. But can she reform him and can they learn to live together happily ... Read More

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Rating: - 'marriage of convenience': Ellie Lyndon and Billington, 1817
"I always used to think it was the exact color of the sun at sunset, but now I realize that I've been wrong. It's brighter. Brighter than the sun."
- in reference to Ellie's red hair

This WHERE'S MY HERO?-type sequel to EVERYTHING AND THE MOON very carefully does *not* feature Victoria Lyndon, but her sister Eleanor ("Ellie"). In fact, if Victoria were in England at the start of this story, it couldn't take place; Ellie would then have options other than seriously considering the Earl of Billington's ... Read More

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Rating: - It's escapism, not reality
When I read I like to escape into the book, these books are for entertainment. Thinking too much will spoil the enjoyment of the book. Brighter than the Sun may not be completely historically correct but, it gave me a few hours of reading something that I can enjoy, maybe not a keeper but certainly one I would reccomend to people who like their books fast paced, thier heroines fiesty and characters who aren't concerned with rules of society governing their lives. A good book, but not Quinn's best. If you want that read ... Read More

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