Illusion of a Boar by Celia Lake Series: Land Mysteries #5 Published by self-published on 11/10/2023 Genres: Fantasy Romance, Historical Fantasy Pages: 393 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Pastiche, Weaving… Read more »
Set in Oxford’s magical community a year or so after the end of World War II, this gentle, slowly-unfolding romance features intelligent, good-hearted, skilled and competent people treating others with kindness and respect—a hallmark of Celia Lake’s Albion novels, and the reason I (and her other fans) love them so much.
I loved this latest Albion novel from Celia Lake, which features music, magic, history, and romance in 1920s London.
I really love this quiet, thoughtful, slow-paced (but never dull) novel. Technically, it is a historical fantasy romance, but the romance is only one facet of the relationship between the main characters, and only one facet of the plot. There’s also a bit of a mystery threaded throughout, although the book isn’t quite a mystery novel, either.
Weaving Hope is a very gentle, very slow-burn closed-door romance set in magical 1920s Britain.
I love this gentle romance, which explores how two people, through sheer politeness, respect, and upper-class British reticence, end up in a conventionally distant arranged marriage instead of the affectionate, loving union they both desire… and how they eventually find their way to the real marriage they long for (with a little outside help from an unexpected quarter.)
