 As with Heyer's other popular fiction, this book was largely ignored by contemporary critics; only after her death did they begin to take more interest in her work.Philippa Toomey, a literary critic for "The Times", wrote a short review of "Lady of Quality" soon after its publication.While noting that the plots of all Heyer's romance novels were similar, Toomey described "Lady of Quality" as ""almost" identical twins" with Heyer's earlier work "Black Sheep".