(In fact, if you're looking for a sex laden read, move along. It's a place her characters would go, and the event is treated as sincerely as a night at Almacks. Her Cyprian Ball isn't an excuse to get someone half raped or a 'steamy' scene underway. The aspects of Regency life she experiences come alive in a true way rarely achieved in genre fiction. She is a real person with plausible reactions and conflicts, her actions make sense and lack the foolishness a lesser book requires to move the story along. She is an independent woman through the entire book. The heroine is unlike any stock character you've read this year. What sets Queen of Diamonds apart is more than solid characterization and excellent plotting. I've read all of Barbara Metzger's work and I was still unprepared for the emotional impact of this novel. While the first two books were solidly enjoyable reads, Queen of Diamonds is an instant classic on it's own merits. While this finishes a trilogy (and please don't read the spoilers in the reviews!) you don't need the other two books to follow the story.
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