*I received this book as an eARC from Iron Circus Comics via Edelweiss. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | GoodreadsTitle: Patience & Esther: An Edwardian Romance
Author: SW Searle
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Synopsis: Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of social change rock the world around her. When she starts her employment in formal service on the grounds of an opulent country manor, she has no idea that her own personal revolution is about to begin.
Selfless, dutiful, and just a touch naive, she takes to both her place as a parlor maid and to her new roommate, the bookish and progressive lady’s maid, Esther. In another time, the two women would have kept one another’s company forever in their little attic bedroom, living out their days in the employ of a Lord. But it’s now the dawn of a new age. The expanding empire has brought with it not only plundered wealth, but worldliness and new ideas. Suffragists agitate in the street, idle-rich bohemians challenge sexual mores, and Patience and Esther slowly come to realize the world is wider and full of more adventure and opportunity than they ever imagined . . . so long as they find the will to seize it.
Sensual, sweet, and beautifully illustrated, PATIENCE & ESTHER is a steamy period romance and an inspirational erotic journey across the epic sweep of history, from the end of a gilded age to the start of an uncharted future.
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Review: I LOVED this book! It's basically Downton Abbey BUT sapphic! This is the first exotic Edwardian sapphic romance graphic novel that I have read. It is explicit erotica, so there is plenty of nudity.
The story starts in 1910. Like I said, it has those Downton Abbey Downstairs vibes while also featuring characters of color and queer characters. Two women find each other and find a way to stay together through many different hardships. They find happiness.
There's also a Coffee Shop AU story at the end!
This is such a great romance story. I give this book a 5/5. If you like sapphic erotica and period drama, you will enjoy this book.
--PAUL
--PAUL
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