How exactly this happened is left vague, but it’s suggested that Victoria overrode Parliament, ruling more as an absolute than a constitutional monarch, and married her children off to all parts of the Empire, thereby embedding its influence all across the globe. That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a YA romance set in an alternate future where the British Empire never fell. Such was H.R.R.’s verdict, and to me, that’s about as enticing as it gets. I had fun for the most part, but certain elements just threw me off hard.” By the way friends, if you want to get me to read a book, this is how to do it: This one, though, falls somewhere in between. I like to review either indie books that are really new, or iconic books that are so famous everyone knows them. This book is in that uncomfortable range of works that is neither obscure nor famous enough to typically warrant a review from me.
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