I pretty much enjoyed all the Lolah Burford books I read, though Edward, Edward was the best by far and the only one I still have. I think. I really liked Vice Avenged, which is a sort of... companion piece? - to Edward, Edward, though set earlier and with different characters. It starts with the same boy's club rape dare that Edward, Edward mentions, but it's about the consequences in the life of one of the other young men. As with Edward's mother, the girl gets pregnant. But this girl has big tough brothers to avenge her dishonour.
The thing about Edward, Edward is that it's so very well written. The plot is lurid and the style is exquisite.
I also really liked Alyx, in which the hero is a young British aristocrat whose family wants his money so they have him shanghaied to Virginia and sold as a slave to the wealthy owner of a plantation, where he is expected to breed more white slaves and also to service the Master. (And the mistess? I think.) Maclyon is... similar in theme. After the Battle of Culloden, a Scotsman is sent as a slave to the colonies. His wife dedicates herself to finding him and rescuing (or buying) him and bringing him home, prostituting herself to do so.
I think I liked the others a little less well, and then there are some I never read or found, either.
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Date: 2007-12-08 10:20 pm (UTC)The thing about Edward, Edward is that it's so very well written. The plot is lurid and the style is exquisite.
I also really liked Alyx, in which the hero is a young British aristocrat whose family wants his money so they have him shanghaied to Virginia and sold as a slave to the wealthy owner of a plantation, where he is expected to breed more white slaves and also to service the Master. (And the mistess? I think.) Maclyon is... similar in theme. After the Battle of Culloden, a Scotsman is sent as a slave to the colonies. His wife dedicates herself to finding him and rescuing (or buying) him and bringing him home, prostituting herself to do so.
I think I liked the others a little less well, and then there are some I never read or found, either.