![]() ![]() THE SPANISH BRIDE: Also, look, Juana is totally fine with never seeing her family again or having any female friends, and all the dudes love her and think of her as a mascot. ![]() True love is great! They have a tempestuous passion!īECCA: Fourteen-year-olds are often pretty tempestuous! BECAUSE THEY'RE BABIES. Baby, let's get married!īECCA: SPANISH BRIDE: And then they weather the hardships of war together while she thinks about how her husband is the only important thing in her life and she will die if he does! It's very romantic.īECCA: That's. JUANA: And I am the heroine! I am a fourteen-year-old refugee. HARRY: I am the hero of this book! I am a valiant twentysomething officer destined for heroism. Now let's start off with a description of British soldiers looting, raping and plundering a defenseless city during the Napoleonic Wars! :D :D ![]() THE SPANISH BRIDE: I may have forgotten to mention that I am Georgette Heyer's attempt at a realistic historical novel. ![]() THE SPANISH BRIDE: I am a stealth Georgette Heyer that you have never read, lurking in the back of your bookshelf!īECCA: Perfect! Come to me, sweet and hijinks-filled Regency romance full of witty banter and ridiculous slang! So for me the process of reading Georgette Heyer's The Spanish Bride went something like this:īECCA: I have just read half a dozen post-apocalyptic novels and I am super stressed and have finals due and I REALLY DESPERATELY need something light and fluffy that I am guaranteed to enjoy! ![]()
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