Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Sophy has to live with her aunt while father is away on official business. While their she decides sone changes need to happen. I liked this book.

Georgette Heyer is a master of romance--I have yet to read a book by her that I did not enjoy. While The Grand Sophy isn't as much of a romance as a portrait of a witty, capable, headstrong young woman, it is still a delightful read.

I found this story to be sweet, fascinating, charming, and compelling. This book was very entertaining and easy to read. Great read to take my mind off everyday stuff.

Sophy is the greatest heroine written by Georgette Heyer: a vivacious, clever, and somehow very modern woman who challenges rule.
A great story, great characters.
I love reading it again.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

While not my absolute favorite Heyer, this is still a great read!
The arrival of Sophy is just hilarious!
The intro to this copy is perfect-enough to whet your appetite and get excited about the book :)

Georgette Heyer is such a big name in romance and I was excited to dive in. I really enjoyed the new introduction to this text, but I didn’t find myself entirely compelled by the story like I hoped.

This review is for Net Galley. I did not realize until now that this is book 10 in a series that I have never heard of. However, the storyline was easy to follow.

Since this is part of a series that I am unfamiliar with I am not going to give a long review so as not to create spoilers. Sophy is someone that is so fixated on wanting to help others that she does not see what is right in front of her that could give her happiness. When a dashing man enters her life she doesn't realize things could change for the better.

I really enjoyed this story. If I am correct that it is a part of a series, I might even check out the rest of the series. If you are looking for a funny and light romance than I recommend this to you.

I have read and reread Jane Austen’s novels with great enjoyment. I have never gone on to read Regency romances, however, until now. I knew that Georgette Heyer was the doyenne of the genre so I wanted to give one of her books a try. I was not disappointed.

Simply put, this is a fun, relaxing, enjoyable, escapist read. Sophy is funny, exuberant, daring and a bit unconventional. She is a delightful heroine. One thing that is clear is that she touches and changes the lives of many with whom she comes in contact.

The story begins with Sophie’s father wanting to put his daughter in the care of his sister. This sister has a wayward husband, perhaps too many children and an eldest son who has become the head of the family. He is somewhat humorless and engaged to a very conventional young woman as the novel opens. Cecilia is another of the children. She is set to marry a rather unappealing gentleman who has come down ill. Will this give her the chance to marry the poet with whom she has fallen in love? These are only two of the plot strands in this fairly long book.

When Sophie arrives, along with a horse, a monkey and more, the household is put in in a bit of an uproar. From this beginning, readers spend time with Sophy and those around her. They will smile at Sophy’s way of doing things, her adventures and her time on the marriage market. They will also watch how life works out for those whose lives she touches.

This book is highly recommended for when an escape is needed. I see why the author is so popular.

Also note that if this book is one that you want to read, others by the author are also being reissued.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title All opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for an opportunity to review this new edition.

The Grand Sophy is one of my favourite of Heyer's books. Sophy is a force of nature and The Grand Sophy is a fabulous comedic read. Eloisa James' introduction explains the strnegths of this story better than I ever could. The main being that Sophy is an early example of the romance heroine who is the author of her own destiny. The cast of characters is extensive and no less than four couples get their HEA. The final act is a joy.

Super fun. Highly recommend.

The most problematic scene - Sophy's confrontation of the money-lender, Goldhanger - has been lightly edited. An afterword from Mary Bly (Eloisa James in her Shakespeare professor guise) addresses these changes. I did not feel the changes intrusive - they do remove the most glaring anti-semetic tropes which do pick at me every time I read TGS.

The charming Sophia Stanton-Lacy is a force to be reckoned with. When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives the Rivenhalls, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle & Sophy is just the person 'to sort them out' Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender, and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him.
Sophy is intelligent, feisty, confident & not afraid to meddle. Charles is so stern & upright, sparks fly when the two of them are together. It’s another favourite of mine & I loved the dynamics between the characters. Sophy soon has everyone jumping to her tune & even Charles succumbs. I just love it. A side not is that this book was written over seventy years ago so has some content which is a no no today.
My review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Is it any surprise that there are over 100 editions of The Grand Sophy and that it's being published again by an American publisher? It's a fun rump with an outrageous heroine, a gaggle of secondary characters, a sweet greyhound, and some horses, too. The whirlwind that is Sophy is so entertaining.

There's been a lot of attention on the revising of old work lately. The practice has been happening for centuries, but people outside of literary circles have suddenly become aware of it and have decided to enter the debate. In the case of The Grand Sophy, Eloisa James' afterward explains that the scenes with a moneylender in the original has anti-Semitic language. Removing that content doesn't change the impact of this story.

This isn't just the case of reissuing a title that sells well year after year. This is a timely and warranted revision.

Cute read. Perfect for Jane Austen fans.
A truly entertaining Regency Romance. Fast paced and funny were it needed to be.

Sophy wants to help everyone. What ends up happening is that she meddles in everyone's life.

Very witty. Love the sassy heroine. Reminds me so much of Emma but more readable to modern readers. Seriously funny. Really enjoy it.

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.

It's been more than 10 years since I first read The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, on the recommendation of Lois McMaster Bujold, who offered it as inspiration for her A Civil Campaign. And I must say that it is just as delightful as it was the first time I read it. Also, despite being a regency romance and a space opera, the comparison between the 2 books is apt.

I note that the afterward by Eloisa James (whose books I also quite like) mentions that some of the text has been altered from the original, in line with more modern sensibilities. While I feel like an afterward discussing the problematic text in an educational matter rather than changing the text is a more appropriate solution, it has been so long since I first read the book that I wouldn’t have known the difference without being told.
However, more determined Georgette Heyer aficionados might be more discomfitted.

omg I cannot explain in words how much I loved this book. true to its title!
wonderful and amazing! enjoved it so so much! loved sophy & charles and their non stop banters! one of my favourite books ever!

The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer is the original rom com. Sophy is completely unique, totally herself, and she breaks out of the traditional roles of young women of her time. This book reads a bit like Jane Austen’s Emma, in that Sophy is determined to fix the relationships of those around her, starting with her cousin Charles and his very ill-suited fiancée.

These romances, originally published almost 100 years ago, are very mild compared to the open-door romances I’m used to today, but other than that, they feel quite modern and accessible.

Heyer is a true expert of the historical time period in which she sets her books. Her knowledge shines through adding depth and realism to the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance review copy of this fun re=release.

The Grand Sophy is Heyer at her very best. Sophy has lived abroad with her father but now she's in London, learning to know her cousins, the Rivenhalls. The parents, Lord and Lady Ombersley are rather languid characters and the eldest brother Charles is the real head of the household. He is engaged to Miss Wraxton who is rather stuffy and values propriety more than kindness. One of his sisters, Cecilia, is expected to marry Lord Charlbury but she fancies herself in love with a penniless poet. His brother Hubert is worried about something. Sophy will clash with Charles and put everything to rights.

This is a brilliant book because the dialogue and the writing is so witty and because Sophy is such a clever, resourceful character, not a damsel in distress under any circumstances. She is cheerful and unflappable, very observant and uses reverse psychology to a magnificent effect to steer people into making better choices.

This edition has a foreword by Eloisa James and some ethnic stereotypes regarding the villainous money lender character have been cleaned up.

The Grand Sophy introduces to the readers a very eccentric and not your average heroine. Sophy has worldly knowledge, charm, wisdom, and humor. Those alone make up for her lack of beauty. Because she has wisdom, friends and family come to her for advice, much to Charles's annoyance.

Charles is very much a dictator, but he wasn't like that before. He used to be a fun loving brother. Due to his family's circumstances, he had to be heart hardened.

Through Sophy, Charles softens (maybe), and a very unromantic but very funny declaration of love concludes this story.

The Grand Sophy is one of my all time favorite Georgette Heyer stories! Sophy is a timeless heroine who makes Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennett look limp and colorless by comparison. Charles is a hero who is more human and understandable than Darcy. If fact, all the characters are more alive and relatable to a modern audience.