I read the prologue and first three chapters of Duchess last night, and may I say I am so far quite excited and pleased? For one thing, the second chapter has the subtitle "Another chapter in Which Breasts Play a Not-insignificant Role." Points for humor. The second thing that makes me super excited is that it involves cross-dressing. The protagonist disguises herself as a man to sneak into scandalous Lord Strange's abode.
You may not know this about me: I love books with cross-dressing. There are so many erotic possibilities, so many sites for sexual tension. My two favorite manga in high school and college were Hana-Kimi, in which a girl disguises herself as a boy to join an all-boys' school, and Kaze Hikaru, in which a girl disguises herself as a boy in order to join a group of samurai.
Conclusion: I'm excited for Duchess by Night, and will let you know how it goes.
I like this cover. I think this might be an oil painting O_o. Hard to tell with such a small pic.
ReplyDeleteI bet it would be hard to get out of a dress like this.
Be like 20 min later "Hold on honey just 5 more skirts..." "ZZzzzz" "Honey? Oh darn it!"
Clothing designers should invent a sort of night dress where if you pull on like a certain ribbon it would fall off you in one swoop O_o. How impressive would that be?
As you know, I finished "The Sherlockian," which contained an entertaining episode in which Bram Stoker and Sir ACD don corsets, bonnets, skirts and other womanish regalia to infiltrate a suffragette meeting. Unfortunately, it does not result in sexiness. Of course, "The Sherlockian" is assuredly NOT a bodice-ripper of any kind.
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