Often, the tone is breezy and light, and the pacing can be as measured as a stately minuet. Readers in this genre may also be drawn to romance in general, and will certainly appreciate the close focus on social status and following or ignoring convention that plays out in this subgenre. What do the Regency and the Gilded Age have in common? The short answer: ballgowns.Ī great frame for character-driven stories of social maneuvering and romance, stories set in both the Regency period and the Gilded Age feature opulent settings and plenty of gossipy social scheming. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.Two historical periods, separated by an ocean, and a few decades, have plenty in common, in terms of setting, tone, mood, and above all, appeal to YA readers looking for a character and relationship-driven story with plenty of lavish historical scenery.

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All signs indicate that she's been kidnapped.but a Romany boy named Nando convinces Charles that her disappearance has a much more otherworldly explanation. But as it turns out, studying takes a back seat to finding out what has happened to Persy, who disappears from home the day he arrives.

Even the thought of staying with his sister Persy and her husband Lochinvar while his parents are in Ireland can't cheer him up. In this novella follow-up to Bewitching Season and Betraying Season, sixteen-year-old Charles Leland is not looking forward to his summer holidays from Eton-not when he has to spend them cramming history to make up for a less-than-stellar grade last term.

Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle