Why Do Readers Love Regency/Historical Romance?
Generally, I believe people read to relax and escape the real world and just
be apart of someone else’s fictional world. Now, when it comes to
Regency/Historical books, we crave a true escape from the modern world and all
our troubles that mostly came with the age of technology. We all wonder how
life would be without a lot of the technology present today and all the bills
that come with it. What would it be like to live with no electricity and no
pollution, to have someone speak to you like the human being you truly are and
not a machine? What would life like if it were simple?Historical romances are a true escape from the modern would to journey to an old simple life.
Others read historical/regency romances for the fantasy aspect of it and the majority of these readers I believe are women. The sensation of living the life of the rich and well born, wearing beautiful gowns—a different one for each time of day or social event, going to endless balls, mixing with royals and aristocrats, with handsome heroes ready to duel over a lady’s honor and being properly courted by respectable gentlemen... to just be apart of the Cinderella lifestyle. Ladies want to be treated with courtesy, to have men stand when you enter or leave a room, watch their language when they speak, open and close the door for you and a hundred other little things that existed at that time and practically extinct along with chivalrous men. But that could also be said about women—are their any respectable, decent ladies left after the end of the regency era?
If you are of one these readers be honest, do you sometime believe you were born in the wrong era?
And
of course we can’t forget the bleeding heart romantics. Forbidden loves between
the wellborn and peasants, arranged marriages that began with disdain and
indifference before the characters finally developed a friendship that grew
into a true love story. Or two characters who are madly in love with each other
but can’t act on it because they are trapped in their marriages and honor
demands they not commit adultery and of course the exciting illicit affairs
between the members of the ton. Historical/Regency novels are true Cinderella
stories that engaged readers until they become invested in the main characters
love stories. This was the era that love matches were like unicorns and
marriages were just business deals and to up one’s social standing.
Historical/Regency
novels allow us to be apart of a world that doesn’t exist anymore, a society
that we can love to love or hate because of all the social rules and
restrictions especially when it came to love. We cry and we laugh with these
characters and fall madly in love with them because the men are our Prince
Charming and the women live the lives we wish still existed—well some part of
it, I love the independence and the autonomy we have now from men—and live
happily ever after.
Blurb: After her mother’s death, Melanie’s life in America is full of heartache. Still, she has never allowed herself to despair. She was responsible for the care of her beloved father. Then he remarried a woman to wicked to be considered a mother to Melanie or her two sisters. After years of abuse, the stepmother sells Melanie off—to work in a brothel, and about to be sold to the highest bidder. Through a series of fortuitous events, Melanie falls into the care of Christopher, Earl of Ashworth, who has family issues of her own. The solution to his problems—and redemption for Melanie—wind together toward destiny.
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I really wish I had time to read more novels. Usually I only do when I'm on hols. So many other demands on our time at home but escaping from life's stresses through a good story can be magical. I'm not a fan of romantic novels though. I'm much more in tune with a gripping thriller. Tx
ReplyDeleteLove all these books reviews. I wish that I had more time to read. This one looks so interesting. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting. Gonna enter maybe I can read me a book.
ReplyDeleteI like stories where peasants get married to rich people in the end where it's forbidden. Yes. :)
ReplyDeleteThis happens in real life too! I like reading this kind of story with a romantic ending.
ReplyDeleteI am one of them lol. It makes you want to finish the story all at once.
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