Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories, #4)

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Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic known here as glamour is real In Valour and Vanity, master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote Ocean s Eleven.After Melody s wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on their tour of the continent Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute.Jane and Vincent are helped by a kind local they meet en route, but Vincent is determined to become self reliant and get their money back, and hatches a plan to do so But when so many things are not what they seem, even the best laid plans conceal a few pitfalls The ensuing adventure is a combination of the best parts of magical fantasy and heist novels, set against a glorious Regency backdrop.http us.macmillan.com valourandvani Read Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories, #4) By Mary Robinette Kowal – kino-fada.fr This kind of light fantasy fare is rather hitting the spot Low effort, high Regency, light magic, and a little bit of woven magic changing perceptions and causing minor effects It s really quite a bit of easy fun.Especially when we get involved with con men in Venice and get thrown into instant poverty and the threat of debtor s prison Woo, woo Nice conflict.What are the Prince s illusionists going to do Well, suffice to say, survival is of first importance, but a little bit of happy chance This kind of light fantasy fare is rather hitting the spot Low effort, high Regency, light magic, and a little bit of woven magic changing perceptions and causing minor effects It s really quite a bit of easy fun.Especially when we get involved with con men in Venice and get thrown into instant poverty and the threat of debtor s prison Woo, woo Nice conflict.What are the Prince s illusionists going to do Well, suffice to say, survival is of first importance, but a litt...5 Stars I ll start this off by saying this book is not for everyone You basically have to be a huge fan of fantasy of manners and not be bored by descriptions of glamour techniques and also marital problems and development, and you also have to be patient because the things happening in the blurb don t happen until much later in the book Actually, don t even read the blurb I personally think it is a huge spoiler So all of that being said, this book will appeal to a particular sort of perso 5 Stars I ll start this off by saying this book is not for everyone You basically have to be a huge fan of fantasy of manners and not be bored by descriptions o...Big publishers like Tor, who published this book have an annoying custom to let their marketing departments dictate their titles Sometimes it works, but other times, it doesn t It didn t work for this novel The title the marketers came up with Valour and Vanity is too generic, while the novel is not generic at all Its distinct writer s voice, original magical system, and unique protagonists can t be mistaken or even compared to any other in the fantasy genre A...Jane Austen does Ocean s Eleven Stop Read no further That is all you need to know about this book If you have not read the first three Glamourist Histories books, go read them now just so you can read this book you don t actually have to, but it makes for a richer experience, as with any series.In Valour and Vanity, Jane and Vincent, professional glamourists, journey to Vienna to hang out with Lord Byron LORD BYRON and continue studyingGlamour in Glassthe technique, not the book Jane Austen does Ocean s Eleven Stop Read no further That is all you need to know about this book If you have not read the first three Glamourist Histories books, go read them now just so you can read this book you don t actually have to, but it makes for a richer experience, as with any series.In Valour and Vanity, Jane and Vincent, professional glamourists, journey to Vienna to hang out with...This is the 4th book in the series and it continues to be a lot of fun In this book we re following Jane and Vincent on a tour around the continent as they look for new ways to expand their work with Glamour and uncover new secrets to the magic they love so dearly.We re following Jane and Vincent as they are searching for Glassblowers in Italy to work with them and they hope to create something never before seen out of Glamour and Glassworks However they receive quite a shock when all the Glas This is the 4th book in the series and it continues to be a lot of fun In this book we re following Jane and Vincent on a tour around the continent as they look for new ways to expand their work with Glamour and uncover new secrets to the magic they love so dearly.We re following Jane and Vincent as they are searching for Glas...These books seem to be just perfect for my brain at the moment I read this on the train,or less in one gulp You ve got to love that one of the most important threads of the story is the love between Vincent and Jane, and how it gets them through everything, no matter what And despite how far their acts of derring do have come from their Austen esque beginnings in Shades of Milk and Honey, the development is clear This time, the trouble they get into grows out of everything before rath These books seem to be just perfect for my brain at the moment I read this on the train,or less in one gulp You ve got to love that one of the most important threads of the story is the love between Vincent and Jane, and how it gets them through everything, no matter what And despite how far their acts of derring do have come from their Austen esque beginnings in Shades of Milk and Honey, the development is clear This time, the trouble they get into grows out of everything before rather than being a whole new problem , which makes it tidier.Likewise, their personal...Full disclosure Mary is a dear, dear friend of mine, in addition to writing books that are aimed DIRECTLY AT ME as a reader I would have a very difficult time not enjoying this book.Every book in this series pleases meNot just because this is a romance novel with a heist plot, WHICH IT IS She describes it as if Jane Austen wrote Ocean s Eleven It reminds me very much of the TV show Leverage, but with glamour magic in this world , pirates, Lord Byron, nuns, boat chases, and a stre Full disclosure Mary is a dear, dear friend of mine, in addition to writing books that are aimed DIRECTLY AT ME as a reader I would have a very difficult time not enjoying this book.Every book in this series pleases meNot just because this is a romance novel with a heist plot, WHICH IT IS She describes it as if Jane Austen wrote Ocean s Eleven It reminds me very much of the TV show Leverage, but with glamour magic in this world , pirates, Lord Byron, ...Exciting installment Jane and Vincent are off to Italy to hang out with Byron and work with glassmakers to perfect their technique of recording glamour in glass.But they become the victims of a very elaborate con Honestly, it was very well done.After grappling with their victimhood for a bit, the married pair decide to fight back They gather a group of comrades and co conspirators and turn their own hands to creating a clever con of their own to turn the tables on their enemies.Very well done Exciting installment Jane and Vincent are off to Italy to hang out with Byron and work with glassmakers to perfect their technique of recording glamour in glass.But they become the victims of a very elaborate con Honestly, it was very well done.After grappling with their victimhood fo...Book Couples VideoActually rating 3.5 starsJane and Vincent decide that in order to findabout glamour in glass they must travel to Murano but while crossing the sea they are attacked by pirates Luckily they only loose their papers and belongings but when they arrive in Murano they found out that the attack was muchthen they expected.I must confess the first half and maybe a little of the second part was quite interesting, only the ending bored me a little What I really appreciated Book Couples VideoActually rating 3.5 starsJane and Vincent decide that in order to findabout glamour in glass they must travel to Murano but while crossing the sea the...I m afraid this is it for me as far as the Glamourist Histories series goes.I cannot believe I m actually typing these words after clinging to this series for so long despite not actually loving any of the books that followed Shades of Milk and Honey 1 , except maybe Without a Summer 3 which I rated four stars This book, however, made me realize that I didn t like the direction this series was taking, namely the whole constant travelling thing If I wanted to read a fantasy novel about tra I m afraid this is it for me as far as the Glamourist Histories series goes.I cannot believe I m actually typing these words after clinging to this series for so long despite not actually loving any of the books that followed Shades of Milk and Honey 1 , except maybe Without a Summer 3 which I rated four stars This book, however, made me ...

Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories, #4)
  • English
  • 02 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 405 pages
  • 076533416X
  • Mary Robinette Kowal
  • Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories, #4)