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The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

door Olivia Waite

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Reeksen: Feminine Pursuits (1)

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As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover's sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn't until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess' London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.

Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled. She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project??instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door, begging to be allowed to do the work, and she agrees to let Lucy stay. But as Catherine finds herself longing for Lucy, everything she believes about herself and her life is tested.

While Lucy spends her days interpreting the complicated French text, she spends her nights falling in love with the alluring Catherine. But sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers?… (meer)

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This book is a delight; sassy ladies, sparkling wit, scientific rigor, astronomers!
Ad astra per aspera rings quite true. ( )
  BCarroll | Apr 17, 2024 |
Lady astronomers! Textile arts! Queer book clubs of the 19th century! Truly a novel with something for everyone.

Waite is a fantastic writer; this novel has some of the best prose I've encountered in romance fiction. As is fitting in a story about art and science, Waite takes a genuine interest in the sensory details of this world, from decorative tableware to the ammonites of Dorset. Just as the book is grounded in the physical world, the depiction of women's experiences in the arts and sciences felt realistic and nuanced. This is solid historical fiction, giving equal attention to the women's professional and romantic lives, and I dug it.

Lady's Guide is a very cozy novel, and perhaps a bit slow, but I was happy to enjoy the quiet domesticity. That said, I think I wanted a little more from the romance. I liked Lucy and Catherine but they are both very bad at communication and emotional intimacy, which meant the dreaded miscommunication trope reared its head at certain points. I applaud Waite for being realistic in the depiction of two characters with trust issues, but the result made the relationship feel fragile in ways that made me doubt the HEA.

All in all, this was a top-notch read, and I think this would be an excellent entry point to historical romance for folks who are new to the genre.
  raschneid | Dec 19, 2023 |
This book was really boring. ( )
  megacool24 | Dec 18, 2023 |
Lucy Muchelney learned astronomy under the tutelage of her late father. She finds an opportunity to translate a new astronomy text from French, but is turned down by the gentleman's science society on the basis of her sex. Instead, the widow Catherine, Countess of Moth becomes her patron allowing Lucy the luxury to create a translation with her own commentary. Soon the two women are drawn to more than the stars, and form a romance. But will the conniving of the scientific men ruin Lucy's reputation? And what about Lucy's former lover who jilted her to marry a man but now wants her back? There is a twist at the end of the novel that's telegraphed early but nevertheless satisfying. This is the first feminist Regency romance about sapphic scientists that I've ever read, but it's a pretty good one. ( )
  Othemts | Oct 16, 2023 |
What a beautiful and empowering story! This was definitely the best FF book I’ve ever read — sweetly romantic and surprisingly passionate, with wonderfully fleshed out, brilliant heroines and a believable, engaging and well-paced plot. Olivia Waite’s writing was lovely.

I’m looking forward to reading the rest of this series. ( )
  claudiereads | Nov 25, 2022 |
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AuteursnaamRolType auteurWerk?Status
Olivia Waiteprimaire auteuralle editiesberekend
Barrow, PatriciaOmslagontwerperSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Ruhnke, ChristineArtiest omslagafbeeldingSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Sims, MoragVertellerSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd

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As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover's sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn't until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess' London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.

Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled. She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project??instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door, begging to be allowed to do the work, and she agrees to let Lucy stay. But as Catherine finds herself longing for Lucy, everything she believes about herself and her life is tested.

While Lucy spends her days interpreting the complicated French text, she spends her nights falling in love with the alluring Catherine. But sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers?

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