Book Recommendation

[affreca]

For all my friends who like Regency, but want a few less romance conventions (not that I'm dissing Romance, but sometimes the genre is a little to conventional), I recommend Madeleine Robins' Sarah Tolerance series (Point of Honor, Petty Treason, and Sleeping Partner). The main character ran off with her brother's fencing tutor ten years ago, and now works as an agent of inquiry (P.I.) instead of the whore society expects her to be. As a genre, it is a little hard to pin down (dash of hard boiled detective ala V. I. Warsharski, bit of alt historical with better history that most Regencies). Kickass herione (literally - she trained with the man she ran off with), female friendship, fraught family history... try it.

Comments

[revena]

Ooh, that sounds fun!

[affreca]

I think it might be up your alley. I'm still in the giddy stage after reading all three this weekend, but I adore the matter-of-factness of Sarah. If she's faint, it is because someone hit her on the head. But she doesn't hog the awesomeness - while most of the other women aren't as physically tough as she is, there are plenty that are emotionally tougher. And book three makes a small historical change in order to have cameo that just makes me smile.

[revena]

I've added the first one to my to-procure list. :D