tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post7485797499375036806..comments2024-03-25T07:25:47.059+00:00Comments on Babblings of a Bookworm : Passion and Propriety by Elise de CallisterCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-47607548154371382792014-08-15T21:56:13.409+01:002014-08-15T21:56:13.409+01:00That's a very kind offer, thank you so much! I...That's a very kind offer, thank you so much! I took a look at your other books on Amazon after you mentioned them in your first comment, and they look like something I'd enjoy. Also very interested in book 2 of this, I need to know what Jonathan's problem is with Grace and find out why he won't let Grace try and help his son when he can see she has had good results elsewhere. Lots of prejudice going on with that man!<br /><br />I know exactly what you mean regarding the words, the online etymology dictionary is a favourite of mine. Some words are a lot more recent than you'd think but conversely, some phrases sound modern but are actually really old. It makes me worse reading on kindle, because it's so quick to look it up!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-61180107160054402852014-08-15T13:08:14.346+01:002014-08-15T13:08:14.346+01:00Thank YOU Ceri. I love to hear it when people can&...Thank YOU Ceri. I love to hear it when people can't put down a story I've written. :)<br /><br />I've almost finished writing Grace and Jonathan's story. It's due at my publishers on Oct 1st for publication next year. I'll be checking for any pesky 'darns' or other discrepancies before submission, but it's amazing what can slip through. I don't think a day goes by when I don't google 'origin of a word or phrase', and I'm often surprised at how recently many of them were coined or how their meanings have changed over the years. My copy editor and I struggled over the use of 'making love' as it wasn't a euphemism for sex until later in the 18th century. I ended up digging my heels in and deciding to keep it, as it's such a lovely phrase and very difficult to replace!<br /><br />Thanks again for taking the time to read and review Passion and Propriety as well as posting your review on Amazon. I'll definitely make sure you are contacted with the offer of an ARC and a place on my blog tour for the second book in the series, Duty and Desire. If you're interested, I can ask my publisher to send you the ARCs for my first two books, Innocence and Protection. The two books make a complete series featuring the same two characters. It's actually more one long story, but my publishers wanted it split in two. They're a little bit steamier than Passion and Propriety but with a similar feel. If you're interested, you can email me at elisedesallier@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502343835419129803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-53754562422502180642014-08-13T18:08:10.040+01:002014-08-13T18:08:10.040+01:00Thank you Tamara! It really was an entertaining re...Thank you Tamara! It really was an entertaining read. It rained pretty much all day Sunday so I had some good reading opportunity and very much enjoyed myself! The characters were very likeable, and so funny, they made me chortle quite a few times with things they said or thought.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-56876450907491137112014-08-13T12:40:35.481+01:002014-08-13T12:40:35.481+01:00"I really don’t think he could have returned ... "I really don’t think he could have returned home from war abroad with his arm as it was" he he he Ceri this sounds like a fun and entertaining read. Your review made me warm to the characters. Loved the quote when he's in his cups :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-27020722689809700292014-08-13T07:24:39.312+01:002014-08-13T07:24:39.312+01:00It was a lot of fun to read too! I read it in one ...It was a lot of fun to read too! I read it in one day, which is a compliment to how much I was enjoying it. There were some really funny parts, like their conversations when he was ill and their respective thoughts on the design of the human body. I liked the fact that they were both so likeable as people too. <br /><br />Regarding the sex issue, as an author you really can't win, some people think you should have no sex, others will think any sex in a book should be more steamy than it is, some people will feel that there should be realism and others want the hero to be a super-skilled even if it's his first time. However you write it somebody won't be happy.<br /><br />Thank you so much for commenting and all the best with the book. I'd like to read book 2 when it comes out because I'm intrigued as to what is going on with Grace and the steward!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-44746935498262649092014-08-13T03:38:21.772+01:002014-08-13T03:38:21.772+01:00Thank you for the kind and thoughtful review. I...Thank you for the kind and thoughtful review. I'm so glad you enjoyed the characters and their story. I'm annoyed with myself for missing the reference to 'sulky', as you're right - it wasn't added to the term 'phaeton' until later in the 19th century. My copy editor will kick herself! I had to chuckle at missing the 'fork in the right hand', as I'm Australian, and we eat that way too...or we're supposed to. As to William and Hannah's relative openness about sex, that was a tricky one to balance. My first Regency novel, Innocence, and its sequel Protection, stayed more in keeping with the times, with the heroine starting out almost entirely ignorant when it came to the specifics of sex. Having begun life as a fan fiction story, the series attracted a lot of readers who don't normally read historical romances, and many of them found my heroine's degree of ignorance implausible. This time I may have swung a little far in the other direction, though Hannah had assisted her midwife friend and William was an officer, so neither of them would have been entirely in the dark. Plus, it was a lot of fun to write that way!<br /><br />Thanks again for reviewing and posting on your blog. It was an unexpected treat.<br /><br />x EliseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502343835419129803noreply@blogger.com