18 Jul 2007

cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (sweatdrop)

  1. Summary: After meeting his brother's new friend, Ray, Mikey starts question just how straight he really is. When Ray invites the two brothers to join his Dungeons & Dragons campaign, Mikey realizes that Ray might not be either.


  2. Disclaimer-- If you didn't know this was true by now, you're clearly lost. I also don't know if Ryan reads the bible.
    Summary-- Ryan Ross is pretty much the biggest prude in the history of his school. Brendon Urie is the popular gay whore of the school who likes to give guys head during their lunch breaks. But one day, when Ryan watches his first Sex Ed movie in his Sex Ed class, he finds himself with a little... Problem. Will the modest Ryan go to Brendon for help? Or will he just have to be humiliated for the rest of his school day?


  3. Summary: Ryan sees something he shouldn't have, and goes into witness protection. Oh, and there might be snakes. On his plane.


  4. Summary: Gerard has a bottle of Crisco and a willing Billie Joe. The honeymoon from heaven or the honeymoon from a bad porno? You decide.


  5. Summery: William is 2nd in command in the Dandies clan and he has found his mates, the trouble is he turned one without consent and the other is best friends with the other. And to top it all off his Sire, the 1st in command is coming to the states. How is William going to survive this?

cimorene: Photo of a woman in a white dress walking away next to a massive window with ornate gothic carved wooden embellishment (distance)
Like, okay, Regency plots and gambling, right? I get it. Bread and jam.

But sometimes you just want bread and butter, you know? I mean, c'mon, Heyer. Really.

The Convenient Marriage is a charming Heyerian romance, but it steps rather heavily on that innocent childish heroine kink, with a semi-squicky fatherly vibe from the hero. I dislike that vibe a lot, but have become, shall we say, inured, through a lifetime of reading Regencies.

"I was drunk," said the Viscount, "and I took a dislike to Crosby's hat - Damn it, what's he want with pink roses in his hat? Answer me that!"

"Just what I said myself," agreed Sir Roland. "Fellow can wear a hat at Almack's if he likes. Do it myself sometimes. But pink roses - no."


This heroine is Horry (for Horatia) Winwood, a memorably artless and kind of bratty seventeen-year-old with a stutter. She's quite engaging despite that, and although most of the plot involves her being spoiled and foolish in the fast-paced town life for which she's too unsophisticated (mistresses, greed, cicisbeos, jealousy, etc - all these things are beyond her comprehension), which can be frustrating to read, the emotional storyline between the principals is remarkably sweet.

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