I'm not that into romance myself and while I don't like most Heyer books much, These Old Shades and its sequel I adore. Avon and his good friend Davenant ('angel' to Avons 'Satanas') can be slashed, though the actual romance in the story is good as well (the heroine is one of those girls dressed up as a boy types). If you find you like them, I can rec you slash that is very good indeed.
The Grand Sophy is all right, but I liked it much better when I was in high school than I do now.
RE: Other recommendations
Robert Holdstock is brilliant, his two series give one of my favourite re-workings of the Arthurian myths. From memory, not that slashable, but reasonably difficult to find. Merlin's Wood was insanely hard to find.
Dorothy L. Sayers is also brilliant, and witty, and the Peter Whimsey books give both good mystery as well as good, slow, realistic relationship building between Peter and Harriet. Peter can also be slashed with his manservant, but I have seldom seen this done.
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Date: 2006-11-16 02:12 am (UTC)I'm not that into romance myself and while I don't like most Heyer books much, These Old Shades and its sequel I adore. Avon and his good friend Davenant ('angel' to Avons 'Satanas') can be slashed, though the actual romance in the story is good as well (the heroine is one of those girls dressed up as a boy types). If you find you like them, I can rec you slash that is very good indeed.
The Grand Sophy is all right, but I liked it much better when I was in high school than I do now.
RE: Other recommendations
Robert Holdstock is brilliant, his two series give one of my favourite re-workings of the Arthurian myths. From memory, not that slashable, but reasonably difficult to find. Merlin's Wood was insanely hard to find.
Dorothy L. Sayers is also brilliant, and witty, and the Peter Whimsey books give both good mystery as well as good, slow, realistic relationship building between Peter and Harriet. Peter can also be slashed with his manservant, but I have seldom seen this done.