[LMB] Heyer was:QOTD #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication (Sat. Mar. 1st)

[A. Sasha Wagner-Adamo]

On 1 Mar 2008 at 20:33, sylvus tarn wrote:

> Oddly enough False Colours is not one of my faves, though it ought to be
> , with not one but two delish identical twin brothers---one of the stock

I can take it or leave it.  I'll re-read it when the fancy strikes, but it 
doesn't make the top list.

> Hm, if I had to pick just one...The Grand Sophy.  Though Sophy herself
> does not appear to change so much over the course of the book, the
> laugh-out-loud twists make it a perfect example of the comedy of manners
> genre.  And Sophy herself is so sensible and brave---no fainting there!

I read it, I enjoy it, but it again doesn't resonate quite the same way as 
others. I've long blamed the title of the German translation for this 
(something along the lines of 'The Three Marriages of the Grand 
Sophy'). It just didn't sound like anything I'd enjoy and even when I 
finally read it and liked it, I never quite got over the association.

> > Devil's Cub
> > 
> I'm not a fan of bad-boy heroes, though I loved the sensible female
> protagonist in Devil's Cub.

I love Mary, she's so nice and calm, and I could never figure out how 
she managed to produce such godawful offspring (see An Infamous 
Army) but I have this thing for bad boy heroes, Dominic rocks, but Avon 
stole every scene he was in.  

Dare I admit it?  I always kinda wanted the Black Moth to end up with the 
girl... he he, although why he wanted to, when she was such a wet 
blanket I'm not quite clear on... ;).

> > A Civil Contract
> 
> Though not nearly as humourous as some of the others, I felt the
> characters were very nicely developed, & whose love story, while
> somewhat bittersweet, was very believable. Thus it's a favorite, plus of
> course being considered to provide some inspiration for ACC's title,
> which I certainly appreciated.

This one most certainly stands out from all the other ones, because it's 
so much more realistic.  I've always wondered what in Heyer's life 
triggered the writing of this particular story.  One of my professors was a 
Heyer scholar and we had many interesting discussions in general and 
about this book in particular, although I do not remember ever really 
getting a sense of where this book came from.
 
> Hey, what about _Cotillion_?  I mean, aside from Fashionable Freddie,
> who's just the sweetest (and a nice change from these too-perfect
> swordsmen perfect-with-pistol types), it's got Freddie's father, who
> will certainly charm all the folks that have enjoyed Aral's interactions
> with his various offspring.

Freddie is fab, as is his dad, but the other characters are so annoying...

I feel a Heyer re-read coming on... :)

Sasha