I Am Not Pretty: Jane is adamant about this.This causes more than a little conflict between them as they try to settle which one of them is better or worse off in the game of getting a husband. She wishes she were anywhere near as talented in anything as her sister Jane. She wishes she were as beautiful as her sister Melody. The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Jane is plain, but accomplished.Gaslamp Fantasy: Of the Regency variety.Functional Magic: Glamour is a form of Rule Magic.Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Paralleling Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane is an Expy for Elinor, the responsible elder sister, while Melody fills the role of occasionally foolish Marianne.Brainless Beauty: Melody very much believes herself to be this, and that there is nothing to her but her beauty.Tropes used in Shades of Milk and Honey include: Recently announced to follow are Without a Summer, mixing Emma with Industrial Revolution riots, and Valour and Vanity, an apparent Jane Austen caper yarn in the vein of the Ocean's Eleven series. The plot thickens when certain secrets come to light.and when certain emotions come into play.įollowed by Glamour in Glass, which promises to delve into Napoleonic intrigue, marital tension and reconciliation, and possible pregnancy. Her sister, a specimen of much less maturity (both in years and wisdom) provides much conflict, of the familial and romantic variety, as suitors dance about both girls. It tells the story of Jane Ellsworth, a young woman in the mold of a sensible Austen heroine, who possesses a high degree of skill in illusion, as well as music and the other 'accomplishments' of Regency England. Its only fantasy element is the ability to create 'folds' of illusion, at the expense of some exhaustion. Shades of Milk and Honey is a Regency Fantasy novel by Mary Robinette Kowal, written as a loving Homage to Jane Austen.

Shades of milk and honey