{"id":29473,"date":"2024-02-19T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/?p=29473"},"modified":"2024-02-12T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:29:03","slug":"of-socialites-and-prizefights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/of-socialites-and-prizefights\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell: Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Of<\/a>Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell<\/b><\/span> is a butch\/femme, age gap, historical romance between a cursed Asian Indian woman and a prizefighter who wants to save her.<\/p>\n

Living off the gullible and extravagant sensibilities of men who come to her club to watch her sing, Deepa Patel dreams of finding the perfect one to set up her and her mother in a life of luxury. She has no feelings for any of them and doesn\u2019t believe in love, at least for herself. After being cursed by a petulant jilted suitor, she finds herself suddenly needing to find true love\u2019s kiss but has no idea how to find it, if it actually does exist. Her friends talk her into finding a good woman and she gives it a try because why not.<\/p>\n

Working class Roz is instantly smitten with beautiful, exotic Deepa. She\u2019s a car mechanic and part time prize fighter who wants to give her as much of the world as she can, and doesn\u2019t care that Deepa is a con artist and professional flirt. Still, she isn\u2019t sure she can reconcile their very different ethics, and the fact she\u2019ll never be able to supply the luxury Deepa craves.<\/p>\n

Writing<\/b><\/h3>\n

The book starts off with a cliffhanger in a world where magic is a recognized part of life, to the point of some magics being officially illegal.<\/p>\n

The butch, femme romance blossoms quickly and with a lot of heat but the author makes their relationship very believable with deep conversations, when they aren\u2019t tearing each other\u2019s clothes off.<\/p>\n

Deepa discovers feelings for a person for the first time, and that was extremely satisfying to me as a reader.<\/p>\n

I very much enjoyed the depiction of the butch dynamic as Roz helps Deepa learn how to be loved and not handled. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the author creates sympathy for Deepa\u2019s profession as con artist.<\/p>\n

Pros And My Favourite Parts<\/b><\/h3>\n

Deepa and Roz each have a very strong ethical base, and neither of them give up their ideals without a lot of fight. I admire that about them and there are some really interesting conversations that create a strong bond. These women end up knowing each other well in a short amount of time and I love their relationship.\u00a0 <\/span>They\u2019re both cynical and it may sound a little odd, but I found that really refreshing. Both of them are professionally involved in activities that society frowns upon and they don\u2019t even care because it pays their bills and they\u2019re good at it. Also, they each respect the other\u2019s abilities.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve rarely encountered a character as sympathetically mercenary, ruthless and pragmatic as Deepa. Some might frown on how she fools and uses men, but it didn\u2019t bother me because she doesn\u2019t do it because she hates men, and she doesn\u2019t take more than they\u2019re willing to afford. While I appreciate the athleticism required of professional boxing, the idea of hitting someone repeatedly with your fists to make a little money is normally a bit unsettling, but I was rooting for Roz.<\/p>\n

Roz is the perfect gentleman and Deepa is a super tough femme. I really love that dynamic, and it\u2019s well done in this book. It doesn\u2019t hurt that magic is real and officially recognized as well as a part of the cultural fabric of the world. That makes it a touch more believable that a woman as butch as Roz could navigate the world as openly as she does.<\/p>\n

Heads Up<\/b><\/h3>\n

Nothing I can think of unless professional boxing is too much for you.<\/p>\n

The Conclusion<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>In 1920s London, good time girl Deepa needs true love\u2019s kiss to break a pesky and potentially dangerous curse. She\u2019s persuaded to meet car mechanic and prize fighter Roz, and one of them is immediately smitten. Deepa\u2019s problem is, she absolutely doesn\u2019t believe in romantic love. Roz wants to give Deepa the sun and the moon, and doesn\u2019t care about the nature of her job but Deepa can\u2019t shake her deep desire for a luxurious life, even if she has to marry a man.<\/p>\n

The butch, femme dynamic is beautifully done, with two very tough main characters. While they are each skilled in their professions, con woman who uses men\u2019s weaknesses, and prize fighter, they\u2019re very sympathetic characters who are portrayed as becoming deeply emotionally and morally intimate over a short period of time. They have tough obstacles to overcome, not least Deepa\u2019s lack of belief in true love.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from <\/b><\/span>Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell<\/b><\/h2>\n

As so many of her suitors liked to do, Roz caught Deepa\u2019s fingers to brush a dry kiss over her knuckles, lingering long enough to drop a second smaller kiss on the ruby ring she wore on her middle finger. Unlike with her suitors, Deepa didn’t feel the urge to roll her eyes or wash her hands after.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat brings an Indian princess to a place like this? I\u2019ve not seen you before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy friends said I should take a break from my regular club where I\u2019m hounded by men night and day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you like being hounded by women more?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a new experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the bartender slid her glass of wine over, Deepa savoured a delicate sip as she studied Roz from over the rim. Roz toyed with her whiskey tumbler but didn\u2019t drink yet, looking Deepa over just as Deepa was looking at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust here as a tourist then, are you, love?\u201d Roz\u2019s tone was casual, giving nothing away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t come out tonight intending to get picked up, if that\u2019s what you mean,\u201d Deepa replied, keeping her smile light. \u201cBut I like to keep my options open.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMarried?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly not.\u201d Roz took a swig and Deepa watched her swallow. \u201cWhat do you do?\u201d Roz asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sing. I go out with rich men and convince them to buy me nice things and not be angry when I leave them after. I\u2019m\u2026mostly successful.\u201d Deepa left out her other, shadier dealings for another time and sipped her drink, gazing at Roz from big, black kohl-lined doe-eyes. \u201cWhat do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve got a job fixing up motorcars in my brother\u2019s garage, but that’s just what pays the bills. What I really do is fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When you use the links in this review and buy within 24 hours of clicking then we get a small commission that helps us run the site and it costs you nothing extra<\/i><\/p>\n

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Series: <\/i><\/b>Flos Magica<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

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A Thief and a Gentleman (m\/m)<\/p>\n

Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell (f\/f)<\/p>\n

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ASIN number: <\/b>B0CSC1JHLV<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/b> <\/i>Indie Author<\/p>\n

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If you enjoyed <\/b>Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell<\/b><\/span> then you should also look at <\/b><\/h3>\n

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Note: I received a free review copy of Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell. <\/b><\/span>No money was exchanged for this review. When you use our links to buy we get a small commission which supports the running of this site<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From our review: “The butch, femme romance blossoms quickly and with a lot of heat but the author makes their relationship very believable with deep conversations, when they aren\u2019t tearing each other\u2019s clothes off.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":29474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1140,49,102,50,84,394,581,594,482,1262,722,586,494,1,2092,2257,909,919,2,451,737,937,334],"tags":[2610,867],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOf Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell: Book Review · The Lesbian Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell is reviewed here. 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