How to Tame a Willful Wife

from ladypembroke

I really want to give this book 3.5 stars. Attempting to bring Taming of the Shrew to the Regency era was an interesting concept, and I mostly liked the heroine. To be honest, though, I was unsure in the first several chapters if I would be able to tolerate the hero. I am not fond of the concept ...

from whitreidtan

Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew doesn't jibe particularly well with our modern sensibility. Bending a woman to a man's will because it is right and expected and the way of the world makes most readers bristle with antagonism and throw out words like mysogynistic, especially female readers. ...