A review by rainyreadingrite
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

5.0

One hell of a ride, well-written, full of sexy times and all-over-the-place emotions, loads of blushing and flushing, lovely journeys through different parts of London, and

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an interesting, great, rather full-circle ending

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Some parts slightly rubbed me the wrong way (pun not intended, but might as well be); at the beginning Nancy is rather humble and naïve, but the more the book progresses, the more selfish she seems to become

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(which I assume might have been the author's intent, in order to show Nancy's "hardening" and change of character after Kitty broke her heart so terribly)

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I won't go into any more details, as I'm essentially just a happy camper when it comes to this book, so yes, read it, folks!