I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.
Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?
The Dresden Files series has a lot of them, but it’s been years since I read them so I’ve forgotten a lot. One that I definitely remember is the word “Serpentine”, used to describe an attractive woman. Either the way she moves, or her figure. He uses it for pretty much every scene used to describe an attractive woman in the series, and there are a lot of them.
I’ve been listening to some Dresden files recently and that guy’s main magical skill seems to be noticing women’s nipples brushing against their clothing regardless of the circumstances.