Okay, I need to read this book. (My Kindle is SO BAD for my instant-desire-for-books problem...) Heyer, JSMN, DWJ, HP and A Little Princess, that's a combination of five things I absolutely adore.
I'm probably about due another Heyer reading binge, too. They're my 'no brain, need entertainment' drug of choice. Trying to choose my favourite makes my head hurt, but I guess if you really pinned me down I'd say The Unknown Ajax because I find Hugo's acting and the caper plot fantastic (but The Foundling! But Devil's Cub and These Old Shades! But Arabella and Frederica! But A Civil Contract! I love them all really). Cotillion is great too, and Venetia is another one that deconstructs the tropes, with the unreformed rake (and tell me you see the similarities between the end of that book and Cordelia showing up on Barrayar at the end of SoH). But I don't really read Heyer for deconstructing tropes, I read her for tropes done with style and delightful characters.
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Date: 2015-09-17 08:23 am (UTC)I'm probably about due another Heyer reading binge, too. They're my 'no brain, need entertainment' drug of choice. Trying to choose my favourite makes my head hurt, but I guess if you really pinned me down I'd say The Unknown Ajax because I find Hugo's acting and the caper plot fantastic (but The Foundling! But Devil's Cub and These Old Shades! But Arabella and Frederica! But A Civil Contract! I love them all really). Cotillion is great too, and Venetia is another one that deconstructs the tropes, with the unreformed rake (and tell me you see the similarities between the end of that book and Cordelia showing up on Barrayar at the end of SoH). But I don't really read Heyer for deconstructing tropes, I read her for tropes done with style and delightful characters.