Wicked Gentlemen

The title of the book is deceiving. To me, it invokes a farcical plot of British gentlemen doing dastardly things, or at least being ironic and smug. Well, the plot is certainly about evil men, but it is not farcical at all. It's dark, it's about humans and the descendants of demons, there are mysteries, but no one is foppish. The setting invokes industrial age England, but it is much more than that. Author Ginn Hale has created a very intriguing world with protagonists doing the best they can in deprecating circumstances. I really enjoyed it despite the title, having gotten a taste of this world in her contribution to the last book I read, the anthology "Devil Take Me". The book won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for positive LGBTQ content in genre fiction in 2008.

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