Will You Love Me in September (Daughters of England, #8) by Philippa Carr

Will You Love Me in September (Daughters of England, #8) Reviews

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  Jo

  I don't know why I am addicted to this series. I just can't stop reading them. While they are compelling, they tend to have the same protagonist and love interest stereotype in them.
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  Piluca

  Un tanto decepcionada. Aunque es cierto que la estructura de sus relatos es muy similar (sello de la casa), Victoria Holt tiene la habilidad de tejer historias que te atrapan, que adivinas pero que te entretienen y que están muy bien ambientadas. He de decir con pesar que esta no es, ni de lejos, una de sus mejores novelas.
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  Marie Burton

  Always enjoy these stories but you have to be prepared for the same plot points representing in each book
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  Phil Syphe

  Although I prefer some of the earlier novels in the Daughters of England series, this one features a couple of characters who evoked my sympathy to a greater extent than any of the former heroines.
  
  First off, Clarissa – the leading lady – is very endearing. She first appeared in the previous novel as an infant towards the latter stages and for me she stole the show with her childish charm.
  
  In “The Drop of the Dice”, we meet Clarissa as a child again, watch her grow up, and towards the end the author twice skips along a decade.
  
  I think this sudden fast-forwarding is a shame. This character deserved to narrate another story, and there’s certainly the scope available for another book from Clarissa’s perspective. I guess Ms Carr was adamant that each episode of the Daughters of England should be told by a new heroine.
  
  Clarissa is likeable for several reasons, but it’s what she endures that won my sympathy. This isn’t a depressing tale, but there’s a lot of pathos throughout. And much disappointment for Clarissa, though it’s far from being all doom and gloom.
  
  Another character for whom I also felt much sympathy towards is Clarissa’s cousin, Sabrina, who’s thirteen years her junior. Despite this, their relationship is more like that of a mother and daughter. This relationship becomes central to the story from about halfway through. Virtually every scene with Clarissa and Sabrina together is engaging for one reason or another.
  
  As for the plot, this is quite varied, mainly owing to it changing with Clarissa as she grows up. We have the backdrop of early Georgian England, along with the Jacobites who want to restore the Stuart line to the throne.
  
  Intrigue, deceit, theft, romance, adventure, and murder are all apparent here. Certain outcomes were easy to work out, others were less obvious, and I was surprised by a few twists in the tale.
  
  I won’t spoil the ending, but will say it left me happy and sad at the same time. This is again owing to my sympathy for Clarissa and Sabrina. A good author should be able to affect readers by creating vivid and believable characters, therefore I can only praise Ms Carr for pulling this off so well.
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  Amanda

  My favorite element of the story was the close relationship between Clarissa and Sabrina. It was romantic and yet true to their natures. Neither was ever to be as close to a man as they were to each other, and in that sense, the ending was suitable for them.
  
  Of the books in the series I have read, I liked Clarissa's personality the least. For a romance novel, I would have liked for Clarissa to be more colorful as a character. There was never anything she really seemed to enjoy doing, except devoting herself to Sabrina. Her character was similar to her grandmother Priscilla's, but I connected with Priscilla more, because her underlying motives were clearer and more relatable to me.
  
  I feel eager to read the next in the series, because I was really intrigued by the glimpse of Zipporah at the end, and her marriage to Jean-Louis.
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  Marlene

  Since I love Victoria Holt I decided to read Philippa Carr since that is another of her psedo-names (and actually, Victoria Holt is also a psedo-name). Also, when I lived in Ireland I saw that Philippa Carr was a very well-known author there (even though she is not alive anymore). I enjoyed reading this book since it is also connected to LOVE CHILD, which I had already read. I wish I had the gotten the whole series and read them in order, but I am finding them here and there at thrift stores and before I start reading it I look at the geneology chart in the front of the book to see where this book is written in the family tree.
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  Becky

  
  This book is definitely #8 of the Daughters of England series, originally published around 1981, although the title was changed when released as an ebook. The main character, Clarissa, is the daughter of Carlotta, who is one of the two main characters in Daughters of England #7.
  The Drop of the Dice, which seems to be the new title for the ebook, which became available in 2013.
  
  I've also noticed that Book #10, whose original title was Knave of Hearts, is titled Zipporah's Daughter in the ebook form.
  Thank you Jude for your help in clarifying this.
  
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  Panchitah H.

  Interesting story line I suppose, but there seemed to be something lacking at the conclusion of the story. For one, the main protagonist suddenly lost her ability to understand subtleties that she used to catch so readily early in the story. The narration also initially hinted at some deep revelation in the future that never really materialized. Nonetheless, it was an entertaining read on a lazy Sunday morning.
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  Bunnys

  Easy read.
  
  This woman, Victoria Holt, uses a lot of the same plot devices over and over again.
  
  In this book the bottomless pit and secretive monk both make encore appearances.
  
  It's listed as a historical fiction but mostly it's just an anemic romance. I think it's supposed to be suspense and intrigue, though.
  
  The heroine loses her unremarkable (and mostly absent) hero to a much younger woman.
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  MV

  
  Original title: The Drop of the Dice. (It's since been republished under that title, which I like much better than this new one)
  
  It was very good but not one of my favorites in the series. It just felt duller and like a bit of a downer. I still give it four stars because I enjoyed it a good deal nevertheless.
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  Michelle "Champ"

  Carlotta's daughter is just as beautiful but she is so good. She is unlucky in love to some extent. She falls for a dashing officer because he was the second choice. The first choice was shipped to Virginia and she assumes she will never see him again so she moves on. Lance is handsome and charismatic. He just likes to gamble and possibly have affairs and plot his wife's death. The future brings Clarissa and her cousin Sabrina living together and taking care of one another, a man will enter their lives and change everything once again.
  
  This book is full of intrigue and almost as good as the last one.
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  Renisenb

  Also goes by the title 'Drop of the Dice'.