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“Because that’s how life tends to work in all its aspects. We try things out, and make mistakes, and recover, and learn from our experiences.”

Band Sinister by KJ Charles

November 4, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Band Sinister is what happens when an author writes their own version of Georgette Heyer book by throwing absolutely every socially progressive character type into a friend group and then letting them loose on the very suspecting neighbors. I’ve read exactly one Heyer book, Venetia, back in 2016. Initially this read didn’t jump out to me as especially heavy on the Heyer, but more in line with other queer Regency historical romances I’ve read over the years from Cat Sebastian or Olivia Waite, but the parallels are there.   The story here plays with the classic tropes that Heyer […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: B, band sinister, cbr17bingo, historical romance, KJ Charles, queer romance, read harder challenge, Regency

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Romance · Tags: B, band sinister, cbr17bingo, historical romance, KJ Charles, queer romance, read harder challenge, Regency ·
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The first of two amazing books I read to end the year. (I want to put them both on my end of year best!)

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles

December 31, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

“This, then, was a hellfire club: a debating society for alarming ideas.” What a delightful way to end the year. I always like K.J. Charles’s books, but this one just pushed every single one of my buttons. It’s an homage to Georgette Heyer, and a romance, but I’ve not read anything quite like it before. Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda are secluded from society in their quiet country home. An old scandal involving their mother and their neighbor besmirched their names and ruined Amanda’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: band sinister, georgette heyer, K.J. Charles, narfna, Regency Romance, romance

narfna's CBR10 Review No:174 · Genres: Romance · Tags: band sinister, georgette heyer, K.J. Charles, narfna, Regency Romance, romance ·
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