Heather Rose Jones' Daughter of Mystery
Well, this was interesting, and in many ways up my alley. It’s a historical fantasy, set in 1800s Europe, centering on two young women—one, who inherits a ton of money and property from her godfather, including the other young woman, who he’s had trained as a duelist (shades of Ellen Kushner). There’s lots of interesting magic (which is tied into Catholicism somehow) and politics, and scholarship, and then it turns out both girls are lesbians and are into each other. Score. But it’s not really written with the framework of a romance novel until near the end. I wanted to get into a series and this one has four books, but it looks like each one focuses on a different pair of ladies. On the one hand, this one had a lot of other stuff going on and I was into the characters, but also I want a big ol' epic series and I’m not sure that’s what this series is. We'll see, I guess! A/A-.
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