The Grand Sophy

I had high expectations for this book and, I have to say, it didn't quite rise up to them. I enjoyed the characters and I thought it was plotted well but I didn't fall for all the couples that were matched in the end. Much as I tried, I couldn't root for Sophy and Charles with much energy. Charles was always throwing temper tantrums and insulting her, while she seemed impervious to him. That, and I couldn't get past the fact that they were first cousins. Maybe if this book were not written in 1950 I could have chalked that up to the time period, but it seems late to be writing a romance about first cousins getting married. I have read another book by Georgette Hayer that I enjoyed more, The Masqueraders, which I also don't remember having so much racial stereotyping, but this is her most popular. I was left feeling middle of the road in the end.