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    A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony
    A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony
    A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony
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    A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony

    Written by Patrice Kindl

    Narrated by Bianca Amato

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    About this audiobook

    In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 14, 2015
    ISBN9781490683959
    A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and Matrimony
    Author

    Patrice Kindl

    Patrice Kindl's first novel, Owl in Love, was an ALA Notable Book for Children, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and an SCBWI Golden Kite Award Honor Book.

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    • 5/5
      This is so over the top, it's pretty much a parody of Austen-like romances, but I have to say, it's also so well done that it's enormously entertaining. Between the ridiculous naming conventions (Mr. Godalming, Miss Le Strange, the setting of Lesser Hoo in Yorkshire), the mild scheming involved in the romantic comedy of manners (Miss Pffolliott's adoption of a terrifying friendly dog to escape a suitor, Miss Franklin's sabotaging of her own work to pay back a theft) and the sheer unadulterated happy endings, it would be a pity to miss this one.
    • 5/5
      The guilty are punished, the good are paired off. Delightful.

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    • 4/5
      The young ladies of the Winthrop Hopkins Female Academy have a problem: though they are enrolled at a finishing school which should provide them with the necessary polish for marriage, matrimonial prospects are few and far between in the sleepy little town where the school is located. How will they ever find husbands when they are stuck in an out-of-the-way corner of Yorkshire? Fortunately, where there is a will, there is a way -- and will is something that none of these young ladies lacks!Here's a story just as much fun as Keeping the Castle, Kindl's last foray into the Regency genre. In fact, some of the characters from that book make cameo appearances in this one, but readers unfamiliar with Kindl's earlier work do not particularly need to worry about catching up, as this title stands alone admirably. The characters are fun, the shenanigans amusing, the romances sweet, and the general tone as light as a good sponge cake. Fans of historical romance are sure to enjoy this one.
    • 3/5
      In this Austen-themed romance, class and propriety are paramount. At a girls school in a remote corner or Yorkshire, there is little chance of any of the students finding suitable husbands, until a young man breaks his leg and his friends come to visit. Also visiting is one student's governess, wearing a necklace not her own and claiming to be engaged to her noble father. When the necklace disappears, a mystery is added to the mix.