The Geographer's Map to Romance
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The Geographer's Map to Romance
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Narrated by:
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Elizabeth Knowelden
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By:
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India Holton
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Their marriage is one of convenience.
Inconveniently, they’ve fallen in love . . .
Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magical disasters. Nothing fazes her—except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves.
Gabriel is also an expert in magical disasters. And nothing fazes him either—except the walking, talking tornado that is his wife. They’ve been estranged since shortly after their wedding day, but that hasn’t stopped him from stoically pining for her.
When magic erupts in a small Welsh village, Elodie and Gabriel are accidentally both assigned to the case. With the fate of the country in their hands, they face perilous conditions like explosions, domesticated goats, and only one bed.
These geography professors are lost. But can they find their way into each other’s hearts – and save the day?
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Great paced, humorous, clever story!
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The Geographer's Map to Romance reads a lot like a rom-com, set to a Regency-early Victorian background. It doesn't take itself deeply seriously, but it does so in a way that's not off-putting. Which, I guess sounds rather absurd, but it makes sense when you read it. The world is interesting, starting from the idea that magic is something that does exist and is an important enough topic to be officially studied. It's a nice book (great series, even) for the fans of the Emily Wilde series, although I'd say Emily Wilde is just a touch more serious than the world India Holton introduces. Regardless, it's scratches a very specific itch for magical realism historical romance, and I very much welcome its addition to the range of options we have.
Onto the characters and the use of the misunderstanding trope. Elodie and Gabriel are lovely. We’ve got a believable reason for why Gabriel is so self-restrained, and while a good amount of it is just his nature, the author made a good effort to paint a background that explains his curmudgeonly behaviour.
Elodie is the sunshine to his grumpy, which leads us to a fairly entertaining scene where they stumble onto a cottage in the middle of nowhere in the middle of torrential rain, and Gabriel stoically bears its horrors while Elodie makes heroic efforts to see and praise the silver lining. The more irate Gabriel, the more determined Elodie is to be happy about things, which is perfection as far as I'm concerned. They're not cardboard characters – we get a good amount of background for Elodie’s determination to enjoy the world and for Gabriel’s restraint, shown both through internal monologue and their interactions with the world around them. The scene where they meet up with Gabriel’s sister is absolute perfection in my opinion.
All in all? A fast-paced book romantasy that won't be too taxing without coming across as lacking substance. The plot is novel, the world definitely worth exploring further, and the characters entirely lovable. Strongly recommended!
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I love the love, even more than. the magic.
delightfully verbose
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Fluffy & fun!
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