Reviews for A Midsummer Night's Murder

The average rating for A Midsummer Night's Murder based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-07-22 00:00:00 Sandro Parodi not very interesting characters. story line is weak, and not well developed.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-07-06 00:00:00 Erik Arthur Linnet Hungerford and her beautiful, beloved sister Fanny have been left orphaned with very little money under the infrequent care of a guardian who reminds them to live "abstemiously." Linnet is happy in the country raising horses but believes Fanny should be taken to London for a Season to find a wealthy husband. When Linnet, disguised as a stable boy, rescues the handsome Lord Henry from a carriage accident, she quickly realizes that he could be the one for Fanny and brings him home to meet the Hungerford sisters. Stephen discovers Linnet was the stable boy and expresses his disapproval of Linnet's behavior and Linnet soon realizes that the high-handed Stephen is not the right man for Fanny. Stephen manages to make the sisters feel at ease and promises to persuade their guardian to bring them to London. He quickly makes good on his promise and the sisters come to London and find that their guardian, Stephen's uncle has passed away and Stephen has inherited the guardianship of the Hungerford sisters! He insists that Linnet make her come out along with Fanny and when Linnet disagrees, he threatens to withdraw his sponsorship of Fanny. Forced into accepting a Season, Linnet still finds all the men dead bores except for Stephen's best friend whom Linnet thinks will make an excellent husband. Stephen seems to disagree with Linnet's assessment because the two are continually coming to cuffs and Stephen seems determined that each of the sisters will marry a man of her own choosing. The happy ending arrives fairly smoothly without much romance or drama. Linnet spends much of the book putting herself down and crying, which make me want to strangle her when I would otherwise like her and empathize with her feelings about the Season. Stephen has a hot temper and can be controlling and manipulative and I fail to see how that makes for a good relationship. I was also bothered by the serious breaches in correct behavior in the first chapter, some which were not deliberate. This is a fairly tame Regency without much plot or original characterization. Skip this one if you're looking for another Georgette Heyer.