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Gals being literary rivals, then pals, then more?

Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

October 4, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Lady Georgiana Cleeve was disowned by her father when she announced that she was the author of several popular novels, and has lived alone with her mother ever since, cut off from all contact with her brothers, convinced that the scandal she brought on herself and her family would irrevocably tarnish the reputations of anyone connected to her. She is selling well and her books are popular, but for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, ARC, authors, Belvoir's Library, cbr17, emotional abuse, family, gothic, historical romance, Ladies in Hating, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency

Malin's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, ARC, authors, Belvoir's Library, cbr17, emotional abuse, family, gothic, historical romance, Ladies in Hating, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency ·
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Cover of Alexandra Vasti’s Ladies in Hating

As she watched, a single dark red petal broke free from the vine just above the plaque and floated, strange and slow, all the way to the ground.

Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

September 18, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

After reading Charlie Jane Anders’s Lessons in Magic and Disaster last month, I particularly enjoyed reading about two women writing books and falling in love in Georgian England. In Lessons, Jamie was researching magic and queer subtext in a fictional novel written by real 18th century woman, Sarah Fielding. In Ladies in Hating, Georgiana and Catriona are each authors of gothic books under pseudonyms. It is still scandalous for a woman to be an author, especially of gothic literature, though Georgiana’s identity is somewhat of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, Belvoir's Library, Ladies in Hating, sapphic

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, Belvoir's Library, Ladies in Hating, sapphic ·
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