La Petite Four

By Regina Scott

In London in 1815, 16-year-old Lady Emily Southwell, who aspires to be an artist, enlists the aid of her three best friends from the Barnsley School for Young Ladies, in helping her out of an unwanted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595142088
• ISBN13: 9781595142085
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

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Lady Emily and her best friends from boarding school, Priscilla, Ariadne, and Daphne, are all ready to graduate and head back to their homes in nineteenth century London. They're even more excited for Priscilla's coming out ball, which they all are planning on attending. That is until Emily learns that she is engaged to Lord Robert Townsend. This puts a damper on all of the girls' plans as Lord Robert is not planning on attending the ball and doesn't think Emily will be either. While Emily doesn't think that the marriage will work, her father thinks it is a match made in heaven and fails to honor Emily's request to cancel the engagement. Emily knows that if she is ever going to be a member of the Royal Society of Beaux Arts and go to Priscilla's ball that she will simply have to take matters into her own hands. With the help of her best friends, Emily sets off to find something that will prove that Lord Robert will not be a good husband. What Emily finds not only surprises her, but also helps her find something she's been longing for, love. It's hard to express the way I felt about this book in one word, but I'll try. This book is AMAZING! Actually, the book is more than amazing, it's fantastic, superior, radiant, and any other synonym you can think of! - now can you tell how much I loved this book?! I am always up for a historical fiction and this book certainly lived up and surpassed every expectation I had of it. I mean it contained mystery, suspense and love. What more could a girl ask for? Regina Scott created a great story where the characters were three dimensional and you felt like you were walking the cobbled streets of nineteenth century England. I especially loved Emily's character. I could feel the sarcasm in her words and felt her sadness when she was grieving over not attending the ball. While I had my hunches as to what Lord Robert was up to, there were always little twists and turns that kept me second guessing myself until the moment was revealed. Regina Scott has definitely found her niche in the YA world and I'm crossing my fingers and toes that there will be more adventures with La Petite Four. I really just cannot get over how good this book is! I urge you all to scurry to your closest book provider and get this book as it is....AMAZING!!!

Enchanting Review: La Petite Four

LA PETITE FOUR REGINA SCOTT Historical YA Razorbill Rating: 4 Enchantments Lady Emily Southwell has just found out mere moments after graduating she's betrothed to Lord Robert, as if that wasn't bad enough she soon learns he wants to get married within a week. That means she'll be missing the Ball she's been looking forward to with her three best friends and her Season. There has to be a way to stop such an horrible match, if only they could find something about Lord Robert to tell her father to get him to call off the wedding. LA PETITE FOUR was an intriguing historical read as Emily tries to find a reason to stop her sudden nuptials so she won't miss out on her Season with her friends, not to mention find a way to gain admittance to the Royal Society of the Beaux Arts. Everything she knows about Lord Robert tells her he isn't the man for her--something that's proven over and over again throughout the course of the book. But none more damaging when during the party to sign the marriage papers, he leans over and tells her that no wife of his will waste time being an artist. But in the midst of their investigations, they continue to run into the mysterious James Cropper who seems to be tailing Lord Robert too. Emily finds herself soon charmed by the intriguing Mr. Cropper, and becomes even more intent on her search for the truth about Lord Robert's sudden interest in matrimony when she hears gossip he was recently courting another, one who died just before he became betrothed to Emily. Hands down my favorite scene is between Lady Emily and Mr. Cropper with Warburton and the maid, Mary, as chaperones. The attraction between the two really heats up as much as it can with the two chaperones and Warburton's `coughing' to break the two up is rather amusing to see. Fans of historical YA will enjoy the sweet story that is LA PETITE FOUR. Regina Scott started writing novels in the third grade. After numerous short stories and articles in magazines and trade journals, she got serious about her novel writing, published 17 historical romances for adults, and realized it would be a lot more interesting to write for young adults instead. [...]. Lisa Enchanting Reviews February 2009

terrific young adult Regency romantic suspense tale

La Petite Four met at the Bardsley School and became close friends for life. Lady Emily Southwell, Miss Priscilla Tate, Miss Ariadne Courdebas and Miss Daphne Courdebas are one for all and all for one even as they look forward to graduating and taking London by storm in their first season. However, Emily is stunned to learn that her father's arranged betrothal to Lord Robert Townsend has been announced and she will marry him before her season. She refuses as she has dreams of becoming an artist asked to join the Royal Society for the Beaux Arts. Emily and her Petite Four friends seek to find a blemish that would prove Lord Robert is unworthy to be her mate. She alos finds herself attracted to Mr. James Cropper whose loathing of Lord Robert should make him an ally, but she fears he is using her as a pawn in his feud. This LA PETITE FOUR begin the quest. This first of four tales is a terrific young adult Regency romantic suspense tales starring fully developed characters. Each of the female quartet is physically and emotionally different, which enhances a strong historical tale. The two antagonists who compete for Lady Emily's affection augment the fine story line further. Regency fans of all ages will appreciate the opening salvo with three petite females storming high society to follow. Harriet Klausner

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Lady Emily and her best friends from boarding school, Priscilla, Ariadne, and Daphne, are all ready to graduate and head back to their homes in nineteenth-century London. They're even more excited for Priscilla's coming-out ball, which they all are planning on attending. That is, until Emily learns that she is engaged to Lord Robert Townsend. This puts a damper on all of the girls' plans, as Lord Robert is not planning on attending the ball and doesn't think Emily will be there, either. While Emily doesn't think that the marriage will work, her father thinks it is a match made in heaven and fails to honor Emily's request to cancel the engagement. Emily knows that if she is ever going to be a member of the Royal Society of Beaux Arts and go to Priscilla's ball, she will simply have to take matters into her own hands. With the help of her best friends, Emily sets off to find something that will prove that Lord Robert will not be a good husband. What Emily finds not only surprises her, but also helps her find something she's been longing for -- true love. I cannot express the way I felt about this book in one word, but I will try. This book was truly AMAZING! Actually, the book is more than amazing; it's fantastic, superior, radiant, and any other synonym you can think of! Now can you tell how much I loved this book?! I am always up for historical fiction, and this book certainly lived up to and surpassed every expectation I had of it. I mean it contained mystery, suspense, and love. What more could a girl ask for? Regina Scott created a great story where the characters were three-dimensional and you felt like you were walking the cobbled streets of nineteenth-century England. I especially loved Emily's character. I could feel the sarcasm in her words and felt her sadness when she was grieving over not attending the ball. While I had my hunches as to what Lord Robert was up to, there were always little twists and turns that kept me second guessing myself until the moment was revealed. Regina Scott has definitely found her niche in the YA world, and I'm crossing my fingers and toes that there will be more adventures with the La Petite Four. I really just cannot get over how good this book is! I urge you all to scurry to your closest book provider and pick up a copy of LA PETITE FOUR, as it is....AMAZING!!! Reviewed by: Tasha

The Story Siren Reviews:

Emily Southwell and her friends are finally graduating and looking forward to their Season in the spotlight! Their coming out ball is sure to thrust the girls into the extravagant life of nineteenth century London society. Lord Robert Townsend has other plans and announces his engagement to Lady Emily, ruining her plans. Her father insists that the match is made and she should accept her future. Even if that means giving up her dreams of being an artist and joining the Royal Society for the Beaux Arts. She decides that she must take matters into her own hands and find a flaw that would make Lord Robert unfit to be her husband. In her advances to discredit Lord Robert she often finds herself in the company of Mr. James Cropper who also seems to have a vendetta against Lord Robert. With the help of her three friends, La Petite Four, may be able to rescue Emily from the pending marriage and attend her lavish ball. This was a great read! I love historical fiction and La Petite Four is a wonderful addition to the genre! Regina Scott is an awesome writer! I really enjoyed this book and I hope she continues with books for Young Adults. La Petite Four has a little bit of everything; mystery, suspense, romance and of course really beautiful dresses! The plot is interesting and captivating. It took Emily and me the same time to figure out exactly what was going on with Lord Robert. The story is told beautifully without being overbearing as some historical fiction novels can be. I thoroughly enjoyed these characters as well. Although I would have liked getting to know more about Ariadne, and Daphne, even so I enjoyed their parts as supporting characters.