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sophia_sol) wrote2015-02-05 07:48 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2015-02-05 07:48 pm
Frederica, by Georgette Heyer
I was in the mood for some Heyer so I chose to reread this one because it's extremely charming. It's Heyer, with all the flaws and virtues that implies, but it's a very good Heyer, which means the flaws are fairly toned down and the virtues particularly good. But that doesn't mean it's not still flawed. Oh Heyer. I love you but you're problematic.
(the best bits: ooh ooh a regency romance that acknowledges that TECHNOLOGY EXISTS AND IS PROGRESSING! And Frederica herself is a delight forever. Also gosh an important secondary character is a person who actually has to work for a living. Also I am never over Eliza just up and telling her brother to stop tying himself up into knots over his feelings and just TALK TO THE LADY HE'S INTO. In front of the lady he's into.)
(the best bits: ooh ooh a regency romance that acknowledges that TECHNOLOGY EXISTS AND IS PROGRESSING! And Frederica herself is a delight forever. Also gosh an important secondary character is a person who actually has to work for a living. Also I am never over Eliza just up and telling her brother to stop tying himself up into knots over his feelings and just TALK TO THE LADY HE'S INTO. In front of the lady he's into.)