Jessica's Reviews > My Lord John

It's every author's worst fear: Dying in the middle of a passion project.

While I knew that Heyer had struggled with having to pay the bills or fulfill contracts by writing so many historical romances when she was ready to move on to other projects, I had no idea that her true passion project was writing history of the Lancasters and the birth of the War of the Roses! WHAT. According to the note at the beginning, written by her husband, she studied so long and so hard that she could read the English of the 15th century as easily as the 20th! She made discoveries, and helped to translate or preserve original writings and works. I mean . . . WHAT?!

No clue! Honestly thought this was going to be one of her medieval romances, like Beauvallet or something! And honestly? It was a little dry, and it moved a little too quickly, but it was not at all bad, which just made me feel sadder. This is clearly a first draft, and one that she was probably even rushing, in order to get it down, and it cuts off MID-SENTENCE.

For real, this is my nightmare.