Amongst NaNoWriMo -ness, I know I won't be able to be busting out the books like I normally have, instead I'll be writing one. So when I'm needing my brain to slow down and not become overloaded by the scenese in my head, I binged a whole "season" of Miss Abbot and the Doctor by Maripaz Villar.
Miss Abbott and the Doctor is a very cute romantic comic that can be found on DiviantArt.com or Webtoons.com. Miss Abbott is an adventurous girl born in Amozonia by explorer parents. She is spotted, after years of growing up, by another adventurer who takes her back to <undisclosed location of "civilization"> where she was taught to be a lady, for the most part. Sporadically she dons her ceremonial clothes from Amozonia and shoots bows and arrows or goes lost in caves while adventuring. She is a very odd girl for her time and place, but that seems to be what draws the good doctor in to her. The romance and adventures bloom.
The first part is a little mixy where it feels like it jumps around, almost like a slice of life story, but as it progresses you can really see the story unfolding. So if it doesn't make sense for the first little bit, it is because their first meetings are more happenstance and coincidence than intentional "dates."
It is very sweet and at moments "squee" worthy. The attention to detail and emotion is well done and really pushes the story along. There were many moments when I burst out laughing and my husband looked at me questioningly which then forced me to explain.
There are a few things that this story gets wrong, that kind of drive me nuts. The word "dates" instead of the idea of courting, older ladies being okay with "bed head" once they both reappear (kisses only), and a few other things kind of rub me the wrong way as being inaccurate or thrown in for effect instead of being true to the characters. Some of these moments were jarring and (as said by the author in the next chapter, in side notes) many readers unsubscribed to the webtoon. It didn't fit with the flow of things and felt very forced. This book also has a lot more progressive ideas that might not have been so readily accepted back in the 1870-90s. People are struggling with them now, let alone 130 years ago where people got tarred and feathered for their views and actions.
*shrugs* At points if feels a bit preachy to me, but I like the characters in it enough to push aside the preach and move on.
Read it if your wanting a light hearted, for the most part, read.
Edit: The next season got a little more skanky than really like, so even though there is a wedding in the mix I'm probably not going to read too much more. Sorry Miss Abbott, I don't do the whole sexy times in books.
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