Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)

by Patricia Briggs

One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to sign a law that made same-sex acts illegal. It would have made me think more highly of her, except the reason she objected was because she didn’t believe women would do anything like that. Parliament rewrote the law so it was specific to men, and she signed it. A tribute to enlightenment, Queen Victoria was not. Neither, as I have observed before, are werewolf packs.

I am so confused by the wording of this... is Mercy saying it was a good thing Victoria didn't sign the same-sex act?? But the only reason Mercy thinks it would be bad is because Victoria didn't think lesbians existed??

“Educated, well-spoken, well-bred lawyer?” I tried. Yes, that all fit Kyle. “But he’s not exactly mainstream.” Samuel shrugged. “Being gay has a certain cachet today.”

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So vampires came to the New World, victims of religious persecution like the Quakers and the Puritans—only different.

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