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Sep. 4th, 2023 06:04 pmThink of England by K J Charles (2014)
This was (with one exception) so entirely up my alley! \o/ I love the setup with two main characters who are quite different and don't know if they can trust each other, but who are forced by circumstances to work together. And then strike sparks, obviously--this has some really great sexual tension and great character interactions. The one exception was ( spoilers )
Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life by Philippe Girard (2016)
This had been on my ereader for years, probably bought on some ebook sale; I picked it up now because it's a part of the 18th century I knew little about. The only thing I knew beforehand was that Toussaint Louverture (which my dictation program picks up as "to some liberty", very fitting) led a successful revolt against slavery on Haiti around the time of the French Revolution. He seems to have been a complicated man!
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This was (with one exception) so entirely up my alley! \o/ I love the setup with two main characters who are quite different and don't know if they can trust each other, but who are forced by circumstances to work together. And then strike sparks, obviously--this has some really great sexual tension and great character interactions. The one exception was ( spoilers )
Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life by Philippe Girard (2016)
This had been on my ereader for years, probably bought on some ebook sale; I picked it up now because it's a part of the 18th century I knew little about. The only thing I knew beforehand was that Toussaint Louverture (which my dictation program picks up as "to some liberty", very fitting) led a successful revolt against slavery on Haiti around the time of the French Revolution. He seems to have been a complicated man!
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