Nocturnal Book Reviews

I'm introducing a new topic and hope you'll enjoy it.:) This is something I plan to do no more than once per month.

My Guilty Pleasure (MGP) is about something that you do when you get tired of reading books in the same genre and try something different. It's your little safety cushion, your favorite read, movie or a silly comforting ritual.

From time to time when I hit a dry patch with paranormal genre I read a historical romance. If it has paranormal details it's even better like icing on the cake (not that I like icing, I would rather have more cream, but I digress).
Couple of books I'm reading now are just very uninspiring, so I've switched to this lovely historical.
I admit that I'm very picky about my historicals. Most of them are just too cliche, and I demand an actual plot *gasp* and character depth. However, over the years I've collected a few authors whose writing is superb and I happily read everything that comes out under their pen.

My guilty pleasure is reading historicals about spies and people with unusual professions. :)
This one was about an accoucher (man-midwife) in Victorian era, which I found fascinating.
A recent book by Eloisa James also featured a very grumpy and sourly doctor Piers, whom I absolutely loved! Eloisa's characters and their banter always brightens up my day.

Piers didn’t bother answering that. His leg hurt as if someone had stuck a hot poker into his thigh. “I need a drink, so why don’t you rush ahead like a good butler and meet me at the door of the library with a strong brandy?”
“I’ll keep walking next to you in case you keel over,” Prufrock said.
“I suppose you have visions of breaking my fall,” Piers said, giving his scrawny butler a sidelong glance.
“Actually, no. But I would call for a footman, who could drag you along the corridor. It’s marble, so you might get a concussion, and that might make you a bit kinder to your patients, not to mention your staff.

One of the most powerful historicals I've ever read, full of amazing research into  the 18th century British Empire and its colonies is Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series about a woman surgeon who travelled back in time.
These books are not for everyone, but I'm a sucker for history especially if it involves someone from our time being thrown in the past and forced to adapt.
Hope, I didn't bore you to death! So, do you like the new topic, peeps? Would you read more? At last, what is your Guilty Pleasure?