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[community profile] girlmeetstrouble is having a read-along of KJ Charles' f/f Edwardian romance novel Proper English! It began last week, but we are only through chapter 4, so there is plenty of time to catch up.
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Annick Trent is providing a free historical f/f novelette (really, it's short enough to be a short story) called Harvest Season for all e-readers!

Set in 1790s Gloucestershire, here's the provided summary:
"Lowri has spent the past month bringing in the harvest and daydreaming about her one-night stand with Eliza, barmaid at the Blue Boar. When the two women meet again, the spark between them is as strong as ever, but they cannot immediately act upon it: they must race against time to warn a group of weavers who face arrest for organising a strike."


For all it is very short, this has a great sense of place. The circumstances of the POV character are ones that I have not read about before, which makes it feel fresh and interesting. There's a little suspense, union organizing, some kissing, and a leap into the great unknown -- what's more to want!

8 reviews!

May. 22nd, 2020 05:14 pm
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Just realized I've been forgetting to let you folks know about the f/f book reviews I've written in the....year since I last posted here, whoops. Here's links to my reviews, along with a brief description of each!

1. A Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, by Olivia Waite - Absolutely delightful historical romance featuring one woman who's a scientist and one who's an artist.

2. The Wolf and the Girl, by Aster Glenn Gray - The ending is ambiguous about whether it ships the two women or not but I think it falls under the spirit of this community. Historical fantasy featuring the early silent film industry and werewolves. Lovely.

3. In the Vanishers' Palace, by Aliette de Bodard - A Beauty & the Beast inspired novella. The worldbuilding is compelling, but the romance doesn't quite work for me personally.

4. Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir - Okay everyone's already heard about the lesbian necromancers, right? Anyway it's great as advertised, though a bit too far in the horror direction for me to be really happy with personally.

5. Catfishing on Catnet, by Naomi Kritzer - YA novel featuring lots of queer characters as well beyond the f/f relationship. Also a major character is an AI! Fun.

6. A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine - far-future SF, my favourite book I read last year, completely brilliant and riveting.

7. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy, by Alyssa Cole - modern romance novel, I liked the characters but the romance arc doesn't work for me personally.

8. The True Queen, by Zen Cho - historical fantasy, absolutely delightful.
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A novella set in Milan's latest series, The Worth Saga, which you don't need to have followed to read this book. It the story of a pair of elderly Victorian lesbians who meet and fall in love while pursuing revenge against the Terrible Nephew of one half of the couple.

In the end, I had mixed feelings. Review on my DW.
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To my surprise, someone has written a Regency romance that I can get behind.

The Covert Captain, or: A Marriage of Equals pairs a wounded war hero's clever spinster sister with his devoted subordinate. Captain Fleming is a person of many parts, as Harriet eventually discovers.

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