No one will let him forget it, and he keeps trying to be as inoffensive as possible while trying to get a Reform Bill passed through Parliament that would expand who gets to vote. He wants to be Prime Minster, and has been walking in the world of the political movers and shakers, while still being (legally) the son of a commoner. It’s AMAZING.Įnter Oliver, the bastard son of a Duke, but raised by Hugo and Serena (Of The Governess Affair) and educated at Eton and Cambridge. She’s obnoxious, she speaks her mind, and delivers insults not with the sweet smile of someone who knows what she’s doing, but with the bland facade of someone who doesn’t. Jane is determined to make sure no one will ask by way of being the most flamboyant, ill-mannered, ridiculous person she can be. She is not allowed to see anyone, or do anything, or read anything that might be the least bit stimulating (Uncle Tennis Elbow lets her read his law books, as long as she promises to not exert herself trying to understand the conclusions of law). But Jane won’t abandon her sister to Uncle Tennis Elbow, and Uncle Tennis Elbow won’t surrender his guardianship of Emily.Įmily has a form of epilepsy, and Uncle Tennis Elbow keeps bringing in “doctors” and “specialists” and “fucking charlatans who shouldn’t be responsible for a geranium much less treating anyone with a pulse.” She is not allowed outside. Two: She has a shitton of money and her uncle wants her to marry.

You hear about people being Human Tennis Elbow, and Uncle Titus is basically it. One: she has an uncle, who is the guardian of her younger sister, and he is, basically, The Worst. There was NOT A GOOD GODDAMN THING I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK. Publication Info: Courtney Milan July 15th, 2013

The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan