I'm trying so hard to not pick something written by either Terry Pratchett or Catherynne M. Valente. I'm really trying to force myself to pick outside of my comfort zone (that's not working).
Do I pick Catch-22? Good Omens (nope, Terry Pratchett AND Neil Gaiman)? The Princess Bride?
In the end I went and picked two book series that I very much enjoy.
(Ya, okay, I cheated.)
The Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
The Pennyroyal Green Series by Julie Anne Long
The two series have several similarities:
- historical romances set around the Regency era
- revolve around families
- contain references to books in the series
And also many differences:
- the Bridgerton series is more lighthearted and whimsical
- the Pennyroyal Green series is a lot more solemn but it has tonnes of hilarious moments
They're both pretty good and it all depends on whether you want something sillier or something a little more... "realistic"?
His mouth captured hers, trying to show her with his kiss what he was still learning to express in words. He loved her.He worshipped her. He'd walk across fire for her. He—
—still had the audience of her three brothers.
Slowly breaking the kiss, he turned his face to the side. Anthony, Benedict, and Colin were still standing in the foyer.Anthony was studying the ceiling, Benedict was pretending to inspect his fingernails, and Colin was staring quite shamelessly.― Julia Quinn, The Duke and I
Kinkade sketched the occasional nude woman, and was generous about passing the sketches around to the men and cheerful about accepting criticisms and suggestions, which he seldom incorporated, as he had his own vision. He signed them O.McCaucus-Bigg
A new soldier was always puzzled by this, given that this wasn't Kinkade's name."O.McCaucus-Bigg?""Braggart, are you?" Kinkade would roar. "Not as big as mine,laddie!"A good joke, suitable for thirteen-year-old boys and bored sergeants and subalterns.― Julie Anne Long, Since the Surrender
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