How long does it take to read The Starlight Wish?
The Starlight Wish by Janice Bennett takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 223 pages, about 61,325 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Xanthe glimpses careworn Major Aubrey Kelland's wish upon a glittering Christmas Star -- for a staid, capable wife to manage his dilapidated ancestral home and unruly young sisters -- she vows to assist him in finding such an estimable female. To this end, Lady Xanthe Simms hosts a house party with an array of eligible ladies. — Although Aubrey's bewitched by Miss Desdemona Lynton, his military precision is offended by her scapegrace conduct and carefree mirth. Such a flighty chit could never set his household to rights! And Desdemona, though dazzled by this virile officer, despairs of sparking his long-lost joie de vivre. Only by turning the impetuous miss into a damsel in distress can Xanthe and Titus reconcile Aubrey's heroic nature with his disorderly desires -- and a love that is written in the stars...
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Social life and customs, Fairies, History
