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 ...
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...
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, ...
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
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. ...
Jane Austin has a number of imitators but rarely do any of those imitators come close to capturing what truly makes her works stand the test of time. I'm sorry to say that Shades of Milk and Honey doesn't capture that magic either. This isn't to say that it's a bad book, it's an enjoyable read, but ...
I was looking at these series for a while but with some people wanting to boycott Tor Books I figured this would be an awesome time to finally try this book (I bought it for a friend too since I knew there is a chance she may like it). I thought it was a fun homage to Jane Austen. I really would s...
At first blush it's difficult to know what to make of this book, Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal. The tagline description I read somewhere that originally inspired me to give the book a look is probably still the best descriptor I could come up with myself: It's the book Jane Aus...
This is like Soulless, but with less action and more self deprecation. And somehow all the more frustrating for having a perfect metaphor in play for an interesting conversation about gender. That is to say, Glamour, what is even the point of it? I kept waiting for the moment when the magic woul...
Sweet, smooth telling, a story in the style of Austen with added magicks. Kind of wished for a little spritz of the astringent that is also in Austen; maybe in the next book?
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