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sophia_sol) wrote2013-05-15 09:12 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2013-05-15 09:12 pm
Frederica, by Georgette Heyer
The other day I was staring at my bookshelves trying to decide what to read, and all of a sudden I noticed "Frederica" by Georgette Heyer sitting on one of the shelves. OH DUDE I'VE BEEN WANTING TO READ THAT FOR AGES, SWEEEEET, I thought, and then I was like WAIT. Because dude, clearly I own it and clearly I've owned it for a while if I didn't even remember buying it, so WHY HAVEN'T I READ IT BEFORE??? The perils of being me!
ANYWAYS then I read it and INTERNETS, YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FOR AGES THAT FREDERICA IS A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF HEYER AT HER BEST AND YOU WERE NOT WRONG.
It is a great book!
My favourite things:
- Alverstoke is genuinely fond of Frederica's brothers, and isn't just doing stuff for them for her sake!
- Alverstoke's secretary is an actual character (and an awesome one at that!)
- ALVERSTOKE'S SISTER. She gets hardly any role but when she's around it's GOOD TIMES. Go you Eliza, you tell your brother off for pussyfooting around the idea of ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE LADY HE'S INTO
- What is this, ACTUAL DISCUSSION OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE REGENCY ERA? I love how Felix's interest in everything mechanical brings some interesting context to the world of Regency romances. And even Jessamy gets in on it with his use of the precursor to bicycles!
- And okay yes I am also very fond of both Alverstoke and Frederica and the way they interact with each other :P
ANYWAYS then I read it and INTERNETS, YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FOR AGES THAT FREDERICA IS A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF HEYER AT HER BEST AND YOU WERE NOT WRONG.
It is a great book!
My favourite things:
- Alverstoke is genuinely fond of Frederica's brothers, and isn't just doing stuff for them for her sake!
- Alverstoke's secretary is an actual character (and an awesome one at that!)
- ALVERSTOKE'S SISTER. She gets hardly any role but when she's around it's GOOD TIMES. Go you Eliza, you tell your brother off for pussyfooting around the idea of ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE LADY HE'S INTO
- What is this, ACTUAL DISCUSSION OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE REGENCY ERA? I love how Felix's interest in everything mechanical brings some interesting context to the world of Regency romances. And even Jessamy gets in on it with his use of the precursor to bicycles!
- And okay yes I am also very fond of both Alverstoke and Frederica and the way they interact with each other :P