Glamourist Histories: Shades of Milk and Honey (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Jaylia3

Picture Jane Austen lite with the addition of magic called glamour because it's an art whose purpose is to create beautiful illusions and you'll have a good idea of what this lovely, airy novel is like. Set in an alternative Regency England it borrows Austen's charming cads, lovesick girls, silly...

from ronincats

The mention of Jane Austen or Regency England together with fantasy can be either a good thing or a bad thing. I was not that enamored with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, for example. Although there were things about it I liked, I never really identified with the characters enough to truly car...

from Aerrin99

This is a fun little book, filled with a fantastic vision of magic-as-art during the Victorian era. It quite neatly blends Jane Austen with magic and illusions, both in tone and feel, as well as subject matter. The basic premise is that magic exists, and while it is capable of many things, such a...

from beserene

I thoroughly enjoyed this Regency-style fantasy novel. I sped through it in just a few hours -- the style, while reminiscent of Jane Austen, is much simpler and faster than those nineteenth century classics -- and I found myself quite caught up in the fates of the main characters. The heroine, Ja...

from Strider66

Pros: quick pace, seamlessly adds magic to historically accurate pre-Victorian setting Cons: entirely character driven, ending felt rushed Two British Regency era sisters, one beautiful the other accomplished, vie for the attentions of men. Despite her mastery of the womanly arts of painting, pia...