![]() ![]() And, truthfully, the connection isn’t always subtle. But don’t expect actual creatures on the streets of London. They have subtle power and control over humans who allow them into their minds. The demons aren’t running rampant in an overt way. Tanzer takes this setting and injects demons in a very cultured way, indicative of the time and place. ![]() Soon enough, though, Dorina settles into a close relationship with Lady Henry and Evadne finds her place as a fencing student. Sister-related melodrama ensues, with neither one feeling entirely comfortable in this new environment. Lady Henry becomes their connection to a circle of aesthetes that Dorina gobbles up, and Evadne immediately rejects. In London, Uncle Basil introduces them straightaway to Lady Henrietta Wooton (Henry for short). The older of the sisters, Evadne, catches her in an indiscretion and is included somewhat unwillingly in the trip as chaperone. Dorina, a 17-year old art critic wannabe, is headed to her uncle’s London home for a few months. Either way, it’s a romp on the wild side of an oh-so-cultured time.Īt first I thought the titular creatures were the main characters, Evadne and Dorina. Alternately, it’s historical fiction with a distinct supernatural twist. ![]() As long as you don’t mind defining urban as Victorian era London. ![]() In Creatures of Will and Temper, Molly Tanzer gives us an urban fantasy. ![]()
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