Proper English

[psocoptera]

Proper English, KJ Charles. Think of England was one of my favorite romance novels of recent years (discussed here). This is a prequel about how an established secondary couple in that one got together, and, like the first one, a country house mystery, this time with less action and more deduction. I was a little disappointed by how little action there is - if you establish your protagonist as a sharpshooter, I have to say I expect the climax to involve a feat of sharp shooting - but the romance was great. I really liked both women and their relationship. Plans to eventually read Charles' entire back catalog remain in place.

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[jedusor]

I also liked Think of England and also had plans to read KJ Charles' back catalogue, but I failed out when I hit a bad animal harm scene in The Magpie Lord. Would love to hear more recs if you end up wandering that road :)

[psocoptera]

Oh, hey, Proper English has a bunch of discussion about recreational bird shooting and vegetarianism, and mention of bird shooting that has occurred, but no graphic description of it. But there is some (intentionally upsetting) discussion of mass killing of passenger pigeons.

[oracne]

I like this one, too! Definitely needed more sharpshooting.