{"id":1844,"date":"2021-09-03T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2021-09-10T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:52:55","slug":"that-inevitable-victorian-thing-by-e-k-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/2021\/09\/03\/that-inevitable-victorian-thing-by-e-k-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1845 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25528808._SY475_.jpg?resize=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25528808._SY475_.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25528808._SY475_.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Set in a near-future world where the British Empire was preserved, not by the cost of blood and theft but by effort of repatriation and promises kept,\u00a0<i>That Inevitable Victorian Thing<\/i>\u00a0is a novel of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendant of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history two centuries earlier. The imperial practice of genetically arranged matchmaking will soon guide Margaret into a politically advantageous marriage like her mother before her, but before she does her duty, she&#8217;ll have one summer incognito in a far corner of empire. In Toronto, she meets Helena Marcus, daughter of one of the empire&#8217;s greatest placement geneticists, and August Callaghan, the heir apparent to a powerful shipping firm currently besieged by American pirates. In a summer of high-society debutante balls, politically charged tea parties, and romantic country dances, Margaret, Helena, and August discover they share an unusual bond and maybe a one in a million chance to have what they want and to change the world in the process \u2014just like the first Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n<h4>Representation Includes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WLW, mixed-race main character<\/li>\n<li>Bisexual, intersex main character<\/li>\n<li>Chinese-Canadian main character<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"spoiler-wrap\"><div class=\"spoiler-head no-icon  collapsed\" title=\"Expand\">Content Warnings<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-body\" style=\"display: none;\"> Clumsy handling of race and eugenics; major character who is initially shocked at learning she&#8217;s intersex; cheating in romantic relationship <\/div><noscript><div class=\"spoiler-body\"> Clumsy handling of race and eugenics; major character who is initially shocked at learning she&#8217;s intersex; cheating in romantic relationship <\/div><\/noscript><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"spoiler-wrap\"><div class=\"spoiler-head no-icon  collapsed\" title=\"Expand\">Ending notes<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-body\" style=\"display: none;\"> Ending with f\/f\/m polyamory <\/div><noscript><div class=\"spoiler-body\"> Ending with f\/f\/m polyamory <\/div><\/noscript><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Reviews<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdaliterary.org\/reviews\/fiction\/11\/20\/that-inevitable-victorian-thing\/\">Lambda Literary&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1966433078?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Acqua&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/utopia-state-of-mind.com\/review-inevitable-victorian-thing-e-k-johnston\/\">Utopia State of Mind&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lesbrary.com\/danika-reviews-that-inevitable-victorian-thing-by-e-k-johnston\/\">Danika at the Lesbrary&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thefandomentals.com\/that-inevitable-victorian-thing-review\/\">Gretchen&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2185964946?book_show_action=false\">Delucienne Maekerr&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1903178671?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Elise&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2228733588?book_show_action=false\">Kend&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2950910771?book_show_action=false\">\u30af\u30ea&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reviews from intersex and First Nations reviewers needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Where to Find<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/That-Inevitable-Victorian-Thing-Johnston\/dp\/1101994975\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781101994566\">IndieBound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/that-inevitable-victorian-thing\/oclc\/1061535295&amp;referer=brief_results\">WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published October 3rd 2017 by Dutton Books for Young Readers<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"greyText\">ISBN13: 9781101994979<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set in a near-future world where the British Empire was preserved, not by the cost of blood and theft 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