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[dangermousie]

I am rereading Laura Kinsale's Flowers From The Storm - still my favorite romance novel but a bit too depressing even for me in the earlier parts. I mean, I love h/c more than your average bear but even with that...

Still. Total total love.

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[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Was that Seize the Fire? (hero was Napoleonic navy officer) - I loved it but jeez, that was plain depressing.

[clairiere.livejournal.com]

That's the one! :) Even the loveliest moments were rather bleak, like when they were stranded on that island & struggling to survive. Memorable book but not the easiest journey for the (romance) reader.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, their big romantic interlude was on a frozen island where they were trying not to starve to death. I remember.

I thought it neat that I started the book by despising. (though amused) by the hero who really came across as a naval version of Flashman, and ended up feeling horribly sorry and rooting for him by the end. Though by the end, I was pretty much convinced that what the hero needed was a decade of therapy and some psych meds (and after that stuff near the end, heroine would need major counseling too) but since that was not available in 1820, I suppose trying for a relationship far far away fr any stressors would have to do.

I wonder what disturbing things it says about me that out of all Kinsale books, this and FFTS, i.e., the two most depressing ones, are the only ones I love.

[clairiere.livejournal.com]

Not surprised :) (your loving FFTS and STF, no idea what it says about you :)). I read and enjoyed most of Kinsale's backlist but STF's the one that weighed on me the most and FFTS is, well, sheer 'would-not-change-a-thing' perfection/my first Kinsale/dearest to me. Been ages since I read FFTS but still can recall all of the h/h's scenes together. And what a cast! From Maddy's father to his grandmother and incorrigible friends & dogs and softie butler and half-powdered footmen... So much passion & intensity but also so much humor & wit too.

the hero who really came across as a naval version of Flashman

Kinsale would be happy to hear that, he was her inspiration for Sheridan.