Rhonda Reads... Julia Quinn

[rhondacrockett]

I blame musewrangler. I would never have thought of reading historical romance novels if Jill hadn't pricked my curiosity. So I started to pick up a couple, every now and then, casually. They have been mildly diverting, but not always for the right reasons: for instance, how do these heroines fail to get pregnant until that magic ring pops on to their

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[marzipan9]

Outlander is historical romance and reaaalllyyyy good.

although in your neck of the woods, it's called Crosstitch. :D

SO. GOOD.

[rhondacrockett]

I've heard of those; they're the ones where the heroine jumps back and forth in time, aren't they? They're doing a TV series.

[marzipan9]

yes! Starz is the channel, but if you don't have starz, they have the premier episode up for free on their website. i enjoyed it!

[rhondacrockett]

Yay, I was hoping you still had that userpic about! ;)

I just love the comedy and the way her characters feel so human. When I picked up What Happens in London, I had just finished reading another romance set in the same time period (revealing no names to protect the guilty innocent), where I got thoroughly bored and/or annoyed at the main characters; I kept getting told that, oh, the hero was this scarred conqueror-warrior traumatised from the Napoleonic wars and all this laying-claim-to/possessive streak stuff was him saying he loved her, and I was... "No. And why is she not pregnant yet?!?" So to be introduced to the hero of What Happens... as a child cleaning up his alcoholic father's vomit was a BIG breath of fresh air.