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Apr. 2nd, 2020 05:21 pmMr Rowl, by D K Broster (1924)
About a French parole prisoner in Britain during the Napoleonic wars. This was quite enjoyable! Though I didn't fall in love with it like Flight of the Heron. D K Broster knows what she likes, and what she likes is: slash, hurt-comfort, situations where one character mistakenly thinks they are betrayed by the other, and complicated dilemmas involving personal honour. All these elements occur in both books. Otherwise, this was quite different, mainly in that the inevitable het romance (because of course Broster can't end it with the m/m romance her heart obviously desires) gets a lot more space and is better than in FotH. On the whole, I would say that this book is definitely less slashy, because the slash relationship is not central to the premise of the entire book, like in FotH.
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About a French parole prisoner in Britain during the Napoleonic wars. This was quite enjoyable! Though I didn't fall in love with it like Flight of the Heron. D K Broster knows what she likes, and what she likes is: slash, hurt-comfort, situations where one character mistakenly thinks they are betrayed by the other, and complicated dilemmas involving personal honour. All these elements occur in both books. Otherwise, this was quite different, mainly in that the inevitable het romance (because of course Broster can't end it with the m/m romance her heart obviously desires) gets a lot more space and is better than in FotH. On the whole, I would say that this book is definitely less slashy, because the slash relationship is not central to the premise of the entire book, like in FotH.
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