Booklogging: The Masqueraders

[katewrites]

I love this book so much. I loved it when it started with a pair of siblings chatting about whether they should rescue the young, eloping heiress in the next room from a drunken suitor. I loved it more when it turned out there was crossdressing. I loved it MORE when Prudence got to be awesome while dressed as a man and her suitor loved her not "despite" her pretending to be a guy but because she did so with aplomb and sheer awesomeness.

Plus, once Dad shows up, every scene can be summarized like this.

Lord Tresomethingorother: I'm the long lost Lord of Tresomethingorother!
Pru: Oh, my god. You're going to get us all hanged.
LT: No, for real this time, I really am.
Robin: Yeah, remember when you made us be JACOBITES? Or when you had us crossdress in polite London Society?
LT: I'm SO AWESOME, why are you questioning my AWESOME.
Pru and Robin: *eyeroll*
Tony: I want to take your daughter away and marry her and keep her safe.
LT: PSHAW. You don't need to keep her safe! I'll keep her safe.
Robin: Actually, Pru will keep HERSELF safe. Or I'll take her away to France.
Pru: Tony, I can't marry you! I'm an ADVENTURESS! I'll drag your name into the dirt!
Tony: I don't care!
LT: Why are you DOUBTING MY BRILLIANCE. BECAUSE I"M BRILLIANT. STOP HATING.
Peter: Yeah, I mean, after you having so many scares, why would we question?
LT: HATERS GONNA HATE.
Pru and Peter: *duitifully follow father*
Tony: !!!
Pru: Listen, he always gets us into messes and then gets us out.
Me: *cracking up*

There's a scene where someone tries to blackmail their father and he literally talks him out of it by OUT NICE-ING him.

Blackmailer: I have something very dangerous for you right HERE. *pats chest*
LT: In your heart?
Blackmailer: No! In my pocket!
LT: Oh, an inside pocket! I have to get one of those, how forward thinking of you!
Blackmailer: ...

I am in ecstasy over this book.