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Aug. 18th, 2013 12:13 pm So a few years ago, I wrote a Yuletide story that was a more feminist take on the myth of Hades and Persephone, and one of the reviews mentioned that the prose reminded them a lot of Georgette Heyer.
Cue my staring blankly because I'd never heard of her. But I found one of her books - Venetia - at the thrift shop and started reading it and, haha, oh. Oh. Where has Georgette Heyer been all my life.
The main characters engaging in awesome banter using literature to mock each other? And becoming friends first before they actually get to the romance-y part?
An engaging, lovely relationship between a brother and sister?
A rather decent take, so far, on the brother's disability?
The appearance of laudanum within the first fifty pages?
(Also, Edward Yardley is such a textbook example of a mansplainer that it is killing me, oh my god.)
I am only about 1/3 of the way through the book, but I will definitely be checking out more of her stuff.
Cue my staring blankly because I'd never heard of her. But I found one of her books - Venetia - at the thrift shop and started reading it and, haha, oh. Oh. Where has Georgette Heyer been all my life.
The main characters engaging in awesome banter using literature to mock each other? And becoming friends first before they actually get to the romance-y part?
An engaging, lovely relationship between a brother and sister?
A rather decent take, so far, on the brother's disability?
The appearance of laudanum within the first fifty pages?
(Also, Edward Yardley is such a textbook example of a mansplainer that it is killing me, oh my god.)
I am only about 1/3 of the way through the book, but I will definitely be checking out more of her stuff.
