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The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Di
by Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede
I don't even know where to start, the journey was so enviable that I almost wished I could have been Reardon or Walker just so I could travel alongside them. Of course, what I wouldn't give to have been Lady Katherine of Schofield!
There's nothing like hearing the travels of four people of good standing in two different voices; while Kate and Cecy have some similarities, the way they tell their own accounts are so different in style that it's refreshing. Still, I do seem to appreciate Kate's voice more than Cecy's; mostly because she appears to be the more passionate and romantic. Of course, Cecy's own passions are shown rather differently, because in the end, she's probably more of who I should have identified more with--not because of the sorcery, mind. But there's no contest when Lady Schofield and a goat can make you laugh out loud.
I enjoyed certain bits of The Grand Tour much more than I did with Sorcery and Cecelia, especially the exchanges between Thomas and James, and then Thomas and Kate. Yes, clearly I am biased towards Lord Schofield. The plot itself went a bit more slowly than in Sorcery and Cecelia, but I didn't really mind so much because of the frequent change in scenery. Once they hit Venice and then Rome, it was even harder to put down, I could imagine the sights so vividly, and by then I was already wishing to go back!
There's nothing like hearing the travels of four people of good standing in two different voices; while Kate and Cecy have some similarities, the way they tell their own accounts are so different in style that it's refreshing. Still, I do seem to appreciate Kate's voice more than Cecy's; mostly because she appears to be the more passionate and romantic. Of course, Cecy's own passions are shown rather differently, because in the end, she's probably more of who I should have identified more with--not because of the sorcery, mind. But there's no contest when Lady Schofield and a goat can make you laugh out loud.
I enjoyed certain bits of The Grand Tour much more than I did with Sorcery and Cecelia, especially the exchanges between Thomas and James, and then Thomas and Kate. Yes, clearly I am biased towards Lord Schofield. The plot itself went a bit more slowly than in Sorcery and Cecelia, but I didn't really mind so much because of the frequent change in scenery. Once they hit Venice and then Rome, it was even harder to put down, I could imagine the sights so vividly, and by then I was already wishing to go back!