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The streets are a perilous place for a young laundry maid dismissed without a character for indecent acts. Roz knew the end of the path for a country girl alone in the city of Rotenek. A desperate escape in the night brings her to the doorstep of Dominique the dressmaker and the hope of a second chance beyond what she could have imagined. Roz's apprenticeship with the needle, under the patronage of the royal thaumaturgist, wasn't supposed to include learning magic, but Celeste, the show more dressmaker's daughter, draws Roz into the mysterious world of the charm-wives. When floodwaters and fever sweep through the lower city, Celeste's magical charms could bring hope and healing to the forgotten poor of Rotenek, but only if Roz can claim the help of some unlikely allies. Set in the magical early 19th century world of Alpennia, Floodtide tells an independent tale that interweaves with the adventures. show lessTags
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I love this kind of very domestic voice in general, and it was put to very good effect here, giving a completely new perspective to the series. We get to see another side of how the world works, from kitchens and dressmakers right down to the waterways underpinning the city; and of course the different constraints and freedoms on women of the lower classes in doing what they want and loving who they want.
Set in an imagined 19th century French kingdom of Alpennia, this is a thoroughly engrossing read. A little bit of Downton Abbey with a whole lot more magic and a whole lot more lesbian couples, the world it creates completely captures the reader.
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- Canonical title
- Floodtide
- Original publication date
- 2019
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- Fantasy, Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+, Romance
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- 50
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.10)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 1
