more recommended books
Jan. 20th, 2006 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabearThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation / Lauren Willig
The Masque of the Black Tulip / Lauren Willig
These are perfect books for people like me, fans of breezy chick-lit and regency romances. The regency is set within a modern framework in the manner of the play ARCADIA and the book/movie POSSESSION, but there the resemblance to those serious works ends. The regency plots are fairly standard, a secret identity romance and a compromising leading to what-is-actually-a-love-match-but-they-won't-admit-it, but it's the characterization and writing style that lifts these up from being ordinary fare. They're best read in order, as MASQUE picks up about two hours after SECRET HISTORY ends. I will be buying copies of these (though I might wait for paperback), and I'm glad this local gal (Harvard grad student) is writing more in the series.
The Masque of the Black Tulip / Lauren Willig
These are perfect books for people like me, fans of breezy chick-lit and regency romances. The regency is set within a modern framework in the manner of the play ARCADIA and the book/movie POSSESSION, but there the resemblance to those serious works ends. The regency plots are fairly standard, a secret identity romance and a compromising leading to what-is-actually-a-love-match-but-they-won't-admit-it, but it's the characterization and writing style that lifts these up from being ordinary fare. They're best read in order, as MASQUE picks up about two hours after SECRET HISTORY ends. I will be buying copies of these (though I might wait for paperback), and I'm glad this local gal (Harvard grad student) is writing more in the series.
