Book: Tooth and Claw

[ailbhe]

I've read my first Jo Walton. It took a while to get into, but quite quickly became engrossing. I will be reading more. It was, as one of the little blurbs inside the front cover said, Jane Austen with dragons. I was charmed. I like a little light romance :)

If I can find any.

Comments

[rmc28]

Have you read Temeraire? It's been described as Hornblower with dragons (though I've not read Hornblower yet), but I found it utterly enjoyable reading. Not much light romance though. I'll look out for Tooth and Claw.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's Trollope with dragons rather than Austen with dragons, but I enjoyed it too. Walton is quite a versatile author, so don't expect more of the same. I've enjoyed what I've read, but it's definitely not romance.

I found Temeraire disappointing, but then I had quite high expectations.

You might enjoy some of the books recommended in fantasyomanners (which appeared to have been a good discussion while it lasted - sadly I wasn't there at the time), although I've had trouble getting hold of a lot of them.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, Walton is also papersky.

[ailbhe]

Yeah, I know she is - and Tooth and Claw was definitely a romance, feisty violet-eyes heroine and all. I was delighted :)

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Sorry - didn't mean to say that Tooth and Claw wasn't romance - I was thinking of The King's Peace and Farthing, which are very different.

[ailbhe]

*that* makes more sense, yes. I must investigate them. If I can find them.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I love Georgette Heyer for romance :)

Jane Austen with dragons sounds fab *g*

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

But it's NOT Jane Austin with dragons. It's Trollope with dragons.

It got me to read the Barchester novels, actually, because I wanted more books in the "Tooth and Claw" universe. Worked, too.

So, if you want more books like "Tooth and Claw", read Anthony Trollope's books on which "Tooth and Claw" was, quite deliberately and consciously based.

[ailbhe]

Interesting. I've always found Trollope very very hard to get into, and, since he's not someone in my social Venn diagram, not worth the effort. Tooth and Claw was also not grabbing me - last night I wasn't sure I'd make it to a quarter through before giving up - but proved worth it.