Magicians and Mrs. Quent The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Jean_Sexton

This turned out to be an interesting book. It seems to be a combination of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, with a dash of Charles Dickens, set in a fantasy Britain. The combination doesn't always play well within the book, but the parts are interesting in themselves. I like the characters and t...

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I really liked this book and wish I had read it earlier, I got it as a SantaThing gift 10 years ago and finally decided to read it off the TBR and it was great. This is actually the kind of book I'd write if I had the ability. The new world is very Victorian and much of the history is 'similar' b...

from Strider66

Pros: reminiscent of Regency and Victorian authors, uses a Victorian inspired setting, flows well, literary but the fantasy aspects are fully realized Cons: story develops a little too slowly The Magicians And Mrs. Quent is split into three parts. In the first, we are introduced to the major play...

from kbegg

Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte meets Harry Potter. Divided into three books, the first is an Austin-like Regency romance, the second basically a riff on Jane Eyre, and the third a conclusion that naturally leads into a second book. Despite leaning heavily on these influences, there's some solid...

from lalawe

An interesting take on Regency-era novels with magic. While the worldbuilding and basic premise were interesting, the novel failed from borrowing too much from previous Regency classics - there's one particularly annoying section of the book that is practically a copy of Jane Eyre and nearly ruin...