In deliberate 'not-thinking-about-election' news

[shadowravyn]

I just finished Lauren Willig's newest, The Betrayal of the Blood Lilly.Not as fond of it as I have been previously (romance really taking a toll on the spycraft, Eloise bits getting more annoying, overused phrases annoying me as a stylistic thing), but I did appreciate one thing

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[rosinavs]

I'm terribly tempted to write a paranormal romance with a female main character who sleeps around. That's just Not Done. But if James Bond can get away with it, why can't I?

[anomilygrace]

Well, there's always Anita Blake as an example of that.

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*HIDES* :D

[anomilygrace]

Ooooh, spy books. :D I have to admit that I haaaaaaaate Willig's work, but it might be mostly because I feel like her history is terrible, and it's not written well enough for me to overlook it.

Thus is the problem with "my" period being mid-18c through early 19c.

But another spy book (with sometimes slightly embarrassing sex scenes) and a great heroine who is often totally unlikable, there's C.E. Murphy's The Queen's Bastard (if you haven't read it of course!). I'm rereading it now and wondering if I can app the main character for summer. :D There's also a sequel I haven't read yet. It's an AU!Europe during the Reformation, and the Queen of the title is an AU!Elizabeth. I enjoy it. :D