In order, there is The Wounded Name (1922), Mr Rowl (1924), and FotH (1925) with central slashy elements. After that come the two sequels to FotH, which are less slashy for obvious reasons. And after that, the slashiness is pretty much gone. : ( But not only that, the het romances which then take center stage grow much less interesting, and occasionally annoying, compared to her earlier het romances. In her early books Sir Isumbras at the Ford, The Yellow Poppy, and Mr Rowl, there are het romances which get much more of a conflict between love, honour and duty, and are written much more like her slash romances, sometimes including enemies-to-lovers tropes.
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Date: 2022-10-05 07:29 pm (UTC)