Recently Completed: The Unknown Ajax

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Georgette Heyer's books are undeniably problematical, but they are also usually light, enjoyable reads. The Unknown Ajax however I found something of a plod. I didn't click with the love interest and the heroine didn't appear to much advantage. One of the greatest aspects of Heyer is the sparkling repartee but here Anthea was constantly bested by the Ajax of the title. There was also a lot of boring intrigue around a minor character who wasn't particularly appealing to me. This intrigue led to gross hypocrisy on the part of the love interest that made it impossible to like him, even if his being described as bovine hadn't achieved that already.

While I will happily reread Cotillion and Sylvester, this isn't a book I'd be excited about picking up again.