Reviews for Caprice

The average rating for Caprice based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-25 00:00:00 Michael Orlando Re Caprice - AC brings us another dreamily romantic coming of age love story with Caprice. The h is every bit of the capricious, whimsical creature that the title implies - the big question she has is does the name decide the personality or is the personality defining the name? That question isn't answered here, but I have to admit I never thought an HP could address the same nuances as Kafka's The Metamorphosis but with a guaranteed HEA - cause our protagonist doesn't die at the end and she never repels anyone, in fact people are quite drawn to her. The story starts with the extremely elusive but wealthy, beautiful and seemingly shallow h being asked to attend an American Weekend House party at an acquaintance's New England Lodge. The h is blonde and very attractive, she has an industrialist father and a socialite mother, she has been to Vassar and graduated on the Dean's list, but really has been raised to get her M R S degree as she is not expected to work. The h is often perceived to be a dumb blonde, but her very subtle manipulation of the girl who is supposed to be her best friend (and wants her to go to this house party,) shows this h is anything but dumb. However she does her best, even in her own thoughts, to play the social butterfly - it is really easy to dislike this h. She has no ambition, she likes clothes and likes wearing them and her father has promised her an annuity so she will never have to work for a living. She is very, very good a manipulating people and appearing the shallow, vacuous socialite type that HP h's love to loathe. However all is not lost, AC introduces the h to the H at this house party and via a series of events over the weekend, the H gradually peels away the layers of the h's shallow existence and we see that there is a real and genuine person underneath. She does manage to help out a lovelorn friend when his proposal to another girl goes badly awry during the weekend and she also soundly trounces the younger brother of the H at tennis , who is a bit too handsy, doesn't want to take no for an answer and is maddeningly unresponsive to the h's BFF's attempts to get a date with him - and in the process makes her BFF see what a waste the younger brother would prove to be dating wise. We see a more vulnerable side to the h when the H's younger brother is horsing around and pulls her under while swimming, and the h almost passes out in terror until the H rescues her. She is feeling a lot of intense emotions around the H, but with her parents distant and incompatible marriage as an example, the h is very wary of feeling anything for this H. He reminds her of her serious father and the h is always being told she resembles her socialite shallow mother. The h doesn't want to marry somebody and then wind up in the same situation as her parents in ten or twenty years time. After the house party is over, the H shows up at the h's family home and a courtship ensues. The h has to determine if she is able to make a real change in herself, in order to be compatible with the H - whose own shallow mother told the H that the h wasn't a suitable wife for him because she was too flighty. (I had to laugh, cause really the h was raised to be the perfect businessman's wife, she knew how to give a dinner party and dress and do the right thing - if this wasn't AC, we would be looking at an HP MOC based on the h's inborn social talents alone. That isn't how this one goes tho.) Finally after a LOT of internal monologue and naval gazing and a LOT of the h changing her clothes with detailed sartorial descriptions, the h reads Kafka's The Metamorphosis and postulates upon the nature of change. After the H and h go to a party where they seem to be distancing themselves from each other with surface social patter, the H tells the h he is leaving and it is her choice to go with him or not. The h flings caution to the winds, chases after the H and after they declare their mutual love and devotion and sample the joys of connubial bliss, the h has to decide to do a small wedding or a big affair - while keeping the wedding planning out of her mother's hands for the big HEA. This is a book you will either love or hate, I liked it because this was practically a regency house party romance smacked right into HPLandia, and I liked the Kafka's comparison too. However nothing much happens in this story, there is really no big barrier to love or angst to overcome, so if you don't like slow dreamy romances with a ton of descriptive commentary, this will not be a great HPlandia offering.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-07-25 00:00:00 Renan Lopez "Caprice" is the story of Caprice and Pierce. Well, that was weird. Meet our flighty, indecisive, happy-go-lucky heroine, who hides her emptiness under a fake smile and beautiful face and personality. Born in a rich family, she has never lacked in anything- yet has no meaning to her life. On one such weekend getaways at a friend's mansion, she meets the hero, the friend's older brother who is brooding, serious and able to see through her mask. She basically takes him on a roller coaster ride, playing hot and cold and behaving callously, while he chases her across cities. She is extremely frivolous, even though the author tried to show her maturing a little, I feel she had a long way to go. Ending was extremely abrupt and unsatisfying. Safe 2.75/5