{"id":736,"date":"2012-01-01T23:01:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T23:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=736"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:37:42","slug":"chase_silk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2012\/01\/chase_silk\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase, Loretta: Silk is for Seduction<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Random backlog catchup, while waiting for sleeping baby to wake:<\/p>\n

I’ve not been thrilled with Loretta Chase’s recent books. I couldn’t get more than a few chapters into Your Scandalous Ways<\/cite>, the espionage one, because it just wasn’t any fun<\/em>. Don’t Tempt Me<\/cite>: I’ve already filled my quota of female-virgin-leaves-harem stories with The Ringed Castle<\/cite>, thanks. And I stalled out on Last Night’s Scandal<\/cite>, the Peregine\/Olivia story, I think because I couldn’t make sense of why they weren’t talking to each other, though I’d frankly forgotten about it until now and probably will go back.<\/p>\n

So when Silk is for Seduction<\/cite><\/strong> came out, I got it from the library (in e-book form, because the future is awesome) rather than buying it. And it turned out to be actually fun, the way that I look for in Chase’s books. Better, it’s about someone in trade<\/em>: the female protagonist is a dressmaker and her profession actually matters. This is doubly refreshing in the Regency(-ish) romance genre.<\/p>\n

The non-romance plot is pretty thin, but that’s not what you read Chase for anyway. A pleasant surprise; I’ll probably buy the next one (it’s the start of a series).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Random backlog catchup, while waiting for sleeping baby to wake: I’ve not been thrilled with Loretta Chase’s recent books. I couldn’t get more than a few chapters into Your Scandalous Ways, the espionage one, because it just wasn’t any fun. Don’t Tempt Me: I’ve already filled my quota of female-virgin-leaves-harem stories with The Ringed Castle, … <\/p>\n

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