joselynmartin 's review for:

Sylvester by Georgette Heyer

5.0

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Sometimes you read books to expand your mind, take you to unknown places, impossible places, put you in the shoes of people who seem nothing like you only to discover you are connected to them in some way. And sometimes you read books because, goddamnit, life is hard and you're tired of learning; this is that latter book. This book exists dead center of a spectrum of period romances that have Jane Austen at one end and the Brontes at the other. Trust that you can fully embrace the drama, the tragedy, the humor here without the least worry of it leading you down a depressing path to a sad but honest ending. Because it's not real! This is fantasy! It's escapism at its finest, because there are no dragons or feats of magic to tip you off to the utter and absolute impossibility of this being real, just two humans acting in ways no actual humans ever would given the same circumstances. So just settle in and enjoy the feels and the quality writing and the ridiculous, endearing and unattainable fiction of this luscious novel. It's been a rough year and you deserve a break.