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Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Robinette Kowal
Shades of Milk and Honey
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Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0765325608; ISBN13: 9780765325600Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a world where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. But... show more
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0765325608; ISBN13: 9780765325600Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a world where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. But despite the prevalence of magic in everyday life, other aspects of Dorchester’s society are not that different: Jane and her sister Melody’s lives still revolve around vying for the attentions of eligible men.Jane resists this fate, and rightly so: while her skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face, and therefore wins the lion’s share of the attention. At the ripe old age of twenty-eight, Jane has resigned herself to being invisible forever. But when her family’s honor is threatened, she finds that she must push her skills to the limit in order to set things right--and, in the process, accidentally wanders into a love story of her own.This debut novel from an award-winning talent scratches a literary itch you never knew you had. Like wandering onto a secret picnic attended by Pride and Prejudice and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Shades of Milk and Honey is precisely the sort of tale we would expect from Jane Austen…if only she had been a fantasy writer.
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Format: paperback
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Glamourist Histories (#1)
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Chris Blocker
Chris Blocker rated it
4.0 Review: Shades of Milk and Honey
Initially, I was far from impressed with Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey. It was too obvious that the author was trying to resurrect the spirit of Jane Austen with a little fantasy thrown in. It seemed she was trying too hard and the resulting story felt alien to me. Eventually, the ...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it
2.5 Jane Austen + Magic = Not As Awesome As I Had Hoped
Overall, I found this book to be a disappointment. I started out listening to the audiobook, and kept getting distracted because it moved so slowly that I decided to read it instead. I did finish it last night, rather quickly, so this is one of those rare occasions where my initial chosen format d...
TeaStitchRead
TeaStitchRead rated it
1.5 Review: Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Fills in the Magical Realism square This should of been titled Shades of Pride and Prejudice. It was okay to read, but as soon as I finished reading it, I started to think about everything I didn't like about the book. The characters were just awful; I didn't mind, but also didn't connect at all, ...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
4.0 Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Robinette Kowal
I've no idea why I didn't note anything. As I recall I quite liked the book and wanted to read more because Regency romance with magic? Fun. Personal copy
Unabridged Chick
Unabridged Chick rated it
3.0 Almost, but not quite...
The basic gist of this book is Jane Austen with magic, which pretty much sold me, and it's been on my TBR since its 2010 release. In the meantime, I've loaded up on Kowal's short fiction, which I love, and have been gobbling up her writing advice via her fab writing craft podcast, Writing Excuses. ...
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