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Benjamin January Series

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Series Name: Benjamin January - Barbara Hambly
Length: 18 books, most between 200-500 pages
Time Period: 1840s New Orleans
Found At: All books are on amazon!
Shipping Potential: canon f/m, potential for basically anything else you’d like due to the size of the supporting cast
What Do I Ship? Abishag Shaw/Benjamin January. Shaw is a Kentucky policeman who acts dumb, and who admittedly has problems with personal hygiene, but is actually the smartest guy in most rooms. Ben is a 6’3 surgeon turned musician, who is incredibly smart and kind but who also chafes a hell of a lot under the strictures of 1840s New Orleans society. I like how they should be on opposite sides, should really mistrust each other, and yet instead have this slightly odd and really sweet relationship with each other. I love how they trust each other (Shaw somewhat more than Ben, admittedly), I love how they frequently seem to amuse each other and I really love how they just seem to get each other in a really compelling way.

Hannibal Sefton/Benjamin January. Ben remains Ben. Hannibal is an anglo-irish fiddler possibly dying of consumption, addicted to alcohol for at least the first few books and with extremely lovingly described long hair; he is an absolute sweetheart and I love him. I find their friendship really sweet, and I'd love to see that progressing even further. I love how Hannibal is absolutely loyal to Ben, I love how they tease each other so constantly and I love how they always have each other's backs. They're just really adorable with each other, which is nice considering how dark the series can get.
Summary: Benjamin January, a free black man trained as a surgeon but working as a musician, moves back to New Orleans after the death of his beloved wife in France. He wants to live quietly, but crimes keep happening around him with disturbing frequency and - being one of the few people in New Orleans possessed of a brain - he has to keep solving them. He does this with the help of the policeman Abishag Shaw, genius scientist (and eventually his wife) Rose Vitrac, and fiddler (and lovable human disaster) Hannibal Sefton.
Why Do I love It?: I adore the vivid sense of setting, I'm fascinated by the mysteries and I LOVE the characters in it. It's just a really amazingly immersive series, and I can't help but get lost in it every single time I pick it up.