The Taming of Annabelle (The Six Sisters series Book 2)

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Can you solve the clues? I Agree This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. If I could just delete all of Lady Godolphin's dialogue, that would not be a bad starting place. Annabelle is the horrible sister of the prissy sister from the first book. That's about all you need to know. The story isn't really much different. Jun 18, Angela rated it liked it. The Vicar and the Squire are at it again, trying to help the Vicar's daughters in matters of love. Annabelle makes a mess of her marriage with her obsession with her sister's husband.

When she realizes it was just jealousy she begins to prove her love. No way as good as her other series.

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May 05, Jayne Catherine pinkett rated it liked it. Enjoyed the continuation of the story. Annabelle not a loveable character. Who goes round trying to steal their sister's fiance if they are a nice person. An enjoyable little series. Light and fluffy "regency romance", not my usual genre but it was humorous and a piece of pure escapism.

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Sep 16, P. Aug 08, Pat Beard rated it liked it. Jan 16, Karen Darling rated it did not like it Shelves: I had to stop reading this book half way, the heroine discuss me. The second book of the Six Sisters series, The Taming of Annabelle, continues the saga of the Armitage family to find wives for their 6 daughters in the tradition of Pride and Prejudice See my review of Minerva, the first book in the series. But if Minerva is Elizabeth, Annabelle is no Jane--even though she is the blond beauty to contrast with her dark haired older sister.

She disgraces herself several times, but since Min The second book of the Six Sisters series, The Taming of Annabelle, continues the saga of the Armitage family to find wives for their 6 daughters in the tradition of Pride and Prejudice See my review of Minerva, the first book in the series. She disgraces herself several times, but since Minerva raised her their mother spending her time trying various medications for her hypothetical diseases Minerva not only forgives, but invites her to stay with her in the Comfrey mansion while preparing for her wedding.

However, obviously Annabelle, who looks like Jane has a personality much closer to that of Lydia in her fondness for Wickham. However, Lord Sylvestor's best friend the Marquess of Brabington is in love with the gorgeous Annabelle. To ensure that she will be with Lord Sylvertor, Annabelle agrees to marry Peter, the Marquess of Brabington in a double ceremony notice the similarity to Pride and Prejudice?

She gets her wish as far as the ceremony goes, but Minerva and Lord Sylvestor go off on a honeymoon to Naples, leaving Annabelle with her new husband. The situation is not happy. However, her father, The Reverend Armitage, and his best friend, Squire Radford, decide to help out the situation. No, Annabelle, with all her faults, isn't a shrew, but the method the two older men suggest to Brabington to tame his wife is the same method. He allows her to have what she wishes and he goes on as if he himself was an indifferent to her as she is to him.

He basically ignores her and the poor Annabelle is left to suffer in silence. Every way she tries to make up for her "mistake" he does her one better. She starts to think why he is acting this way, and suddenly her every though turns to her husband instead of Sylvestor. During the taming time, another lover comes courting Annabelle, but the Reverend Armitage, better known as a hunter than a churchman, sets the village lads upon him as if he were an animal which was of course exactly Armitage's point and chased him away. This of course was unknown to either Annabelle or Brabington, who finally got back together again when Brabington told Annabelle that he was rejoining his regiment to get away from her, and she said then you did not love me as I love you.

Hearing those words, Brabington forgives Annabelle and the two are as fond of one another as Minerva and Sylvestor. Annabelle is truly tamed. It is an amusing book, but not as satisfying as Minerva. Perhaps I just like reading about Elizabeth more than Lydia. And if the series is indeed in any way modeled after Pride and Prejudice, as I think, Annabelle is only superficially Jane; in fact she is a duplicate of Lydia.

The very definition of a rollicking good yarn - not in any way literature but sometimes something light like this is just what is needed. The second in a series of sub-Georgette Heyer Regency romances about the six daughters of a country vicar. This one is actually much better plotted than the first, depending far less on increasingly unlikely events and a very stupid heroine.

Not that the heroine here is a paragon of thoughtful intelligence; she's actually pretty silly, and selfish and small-minded to boot, not to mention immature, and frankly it's hard to see what the hero sees in her, apart from the big blue eyes and blonde hai The second in a series of sub-Georgette Heyer Regency romances about the six daughters of a country vicar.

Not that the heroine here is a paragon of thoughtful intelligence; she's actually pretty silly, and selfish and small-minded to boot, not to mention immature, and frankly it's hard to see what the hero sees in her, apart from the big blue eyes and blonde hair. So the plot, such as it is, consists of the heroine marrying her sister's fiance's best friend because she's in love with said fiance and wants to get her hands on him, somehow, and spite her sister at the same time. The best friend then sets out to gently and indirectly win her affections with a great deal of subterfuge.

And of course things go wrong along the way, problems which would be resolved in a moment if the hapless pair would simply talk to each other. But this is all part of the game with a book like this. The romance genre would practically disappear overnight if ever it became compulsory for hero and heroine to explain things to each other.

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I enjoyed this one a lot better than the first in the series. I actually felt sorry for the heroine at some points, and wished she would just burst into tears and show the hero how much he was upsetting her. She wasn't a particularly likeable character, but she had to grow up very quickly. The hero was fairly charmless, as well, behaved quite stupidly at times and neither of them had any outstanding qualities,apart from being very beautiful, of course, but I felt they deserved each other.

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Big downside of this book is the author's habit of dumping her research into it wholesale. I can see the point of details about costumes and furnishings and the like, but entire paragraphs about the historical or social background, devoid of plot relevance? Not interesting, and a big irritant. The Armitage sisters' hound-, horse-, hunt-mad vicar father in "sky-blue morning coat with silver buttons the size of soup plates" and his drinking pal Squire Radford "gnarled little old man with thin stick legs" p 89 make the match work, despite interference from wicked dissipated Sir Guy Wayne "almost colourless eyes..

From silly chit, she improves, apologizes, becomes more kind, generous, caring. Easy to sympathize when her worst fault is immaturity, what most grow out of. In high society, she parrots, word-perfect, long cant passage overheard from nancy-boys. One year younger, I got the blame for repeating my cousins' habitual insult word, unfortunately also equivalent to "privities" p Minor roles, perfectly painted, have more flavor than leads. Lady Godolphin, squat mistress of malapropism and Colonel Brian, seems too wrinkled for "late fifties with a bulldog face and pale blue eyes.

She wore a great deal of pearl powder over a covering of white lead paint. Two round circles of rouge glared from her withered cheeks and a scarlet wig perched at an improbable angle on her head" p Rituals for court presentation to Queen Charlotte are a page of plumes, hoops, furbelows, and spangles.

Review - I felt that Annabelle came across as more 3D than Minerva did. I felt I could connect to her more, even though we're not really alike at all. In Minerva I had felt that Minerva and Sylvester hated each other from the beginning so I struggled to understand how that so quickly translated into love, but Annabelle and Peter were attracted to each other from the start so I found that relationship easier to understand. Being infatuated with her sister's fiance was another thing which seemed t Review - I felt that Annabelle came across as more 3D than Minerva did.

Being infatuated with her sister's fiance was another thing which seemed to make Annabelle more human than her sister. I just felt able to connect to the characters. I preferred The Taming of Annabelle to its predecessor, Minerva. I really liked the storyline of this one, as Annabelle was a lot more flawed. The dysfunctional family dynamic is also interesting to read about. Apr 11, Mo added it Shelves: I remember reading a slew of Marion Chesney novels when my children were very young.

They were just the right kind of light, mindless entertainment that I needed at the time. I had to read things that were very put-downable … books that would not consume me.

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My free time to read was very limited. Basically, all of the books in any given Marion Chesney series were the same book. She had a formula, and stuck to it. She changed names, places and circumstances, but the basic plots remained identical. They were all set during the Regency a period in history that I still adore to this day , and they were all usually under pages each. The writing was simplistic, and really gave you nothing to ponder. These books fit the bill for me perfectly at the time. So I figured that since they were really all the same book, the same review would suffice!

The second book in the Six Sisters series focuses on Annabelle.

She is very jealous of her sister Miranda's engagement to Lord Sylvester and has convinced herself that she is in love with him. She is sent off to London for the Season. Her adoption of slang terms for which she has no idea of the true meaning, embarrass her and her family. Minerva has enormous patience for her sister, but Annabelle keeps scheming her wild plans. In order to make Lord Sylvester jealous, she places her attentions on The second book in the Six Sisters series focuses on Annabelle.

In order to make Lord Sylvester jealous, she places her attentions on the Marquis of Brabington, his best friend. While he truly falls for Annabelle, she uses his feelings to goad him into a double wedding. A big misstep on her part leaves Annabelle completely miserable, and her father and family friend must step in to right her path behind the scenes.

While Annabelle is a bit more annoying than Minerva, this a light, short, Regency romance and is good for light reading. Loved this little regency tale, also. Where the older sister Minerva was the usual innocent, priggish, obedient-daughter-of-a-minister, regency young woman, her sister Annabelle is somewhat the opposite--rebellious, jealous, headstrong, a dreamer, and most of all harboring a teen-like crush for her sister's fiance.

The Taming of Annabelle (The Six Sisters, #2) by Marion Chesney

Yet in one way, the 2 sisters are similar in that they both think they are adults and know everything when they are really both quite socially innocents. And in each case they learn o Loved this little regency tale, also. And in each case they learn only from making their own mistakes on their way up into English and London society of the times. As with the first book, this second story also ended with the happy Annabelle making a successful match and "getting her man"--but also becoming a wiser and kinder person. Jan 07, D. Chant rated it did not like it. My least favourite of all the books.

Self-centred, vain and without any redeeming qualities that I could find. Unless you count prettiness as a good quality. First she is in love with her sisters husband to be I have a sister and I don't care if she was just being young and foolish, if she fancied my boyfriend and set her mind on breaking up my engagement I woul My least favourite of all the books. I have a sister and I don't care if she was just being young and foolish, if she fancied my boyfriend and set her mind on breaking up my engagement I would feel more betrayed that words can express!!!

Seriously this girl has NO conscience! She stumbles from one horrible act to another without a care for anyone save her silly self!!! I can't remember if Annabelle 'learns' her lesson but I kind of think not because I hated her in the rest of the books too.

May 12, Pamela Fernandes rated it did not like it. I usually don't rate a book this low. I find something to like. Here the only thing I liked was Peter the male protagonist. And for some reason, the book spends a good first portion on Sylvester, the brother in law, so much so, I thought he was the hero I didn't know this was a series. For a Regency romance its mild and sweet, but Annabelle is much too negative and only by the last quarter of the book realizes she loves her husband. Why her husband's character hasn't been given the same attenti I usually don't rate a book this low.

Why her husband's character hasn't been given the same attention to detail as Sylvester is beyond me. I read the whole book, but wouldn't recommend this one, perhaps the first book maybe better. Also why its titled Taming of Annabelle, when she's anything but, is another mystery.

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Apr 17, Jeanne Halloran rated it really liked it. Marion Chesney writes easily read romance novels that are packed with trivia from London in the 's. She describes in great detail the outfits worn by members of high society and you feel as though you are actually there at the ball watching the beautiful women parading by.

I got lost in the story of Annabelle, Minerva's younger sister, as she moved through her baser emotions of jealousy and pride. It was heart warming to see her conquer these baser emotions and develop into a more nobler woman.

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I bought the whole "Six Sisters" series off of Amazon. I am giving this novel four stars. Oct 06, Tasneem rated it liked it Shelves: