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kareila_booksThis story imagines a world where the ladies of Jane Austen's high society have added the art of magical illusion to their list of more mundane artistic accomplishments. Called "glamour" here, it allows anyone to manipulate light, sound, and scent as easily as folding a bedsheet, although once created, the manipulations cannot be moved. Astonishingly, the art is considered a feminine province and of little interest to most men, despite the fact that the most accomplished practitioners are able to use it for espionage and self defense.
As in Austen, the heroine (also called Jane) is conventionally unattractive but highly intelligent and accomplished. She meets a man who is a superior glamour artist, but his prickly personality gets them off on the wrong foot, although they eventually come to understand each other. Her younger and prettier sister is wooed by the wrong sort of man, etc etc - all very predictable. The climactic confrontation, when it finally arrives, is really a bit too silly to be believed.
The "happily ever after" ending is belied by the fact that the author has since supplied two sequels starring the same characters, which I expect I'll continue with out of curiosity if nothing else.
As in Austen, the heroine (also called Jane) is conventionally unattractive but highly intelligent and accomplished. She meets a man who is a superior glamour artist, but his prickly personality gets them off on the wrong foot, although they eventually come to understand each other. Her younger and prettier sister is wooed by the wrong sort of man, etc etc - all very predictable. The climactic confrontation, when it finally arrives, is really a bit too silly to be believed.
The "happily ever after" ending is belied by the fact that the author has since supplied two sequels starring the same characters, which I expect I'll continue with out of curiosity if nothing else.
