![]() ![]() I really liked Toby, and I really felt for the panic-stricken moments near the end… but of course, Miles comes to the rescue (I won’t spoil you as to how). It’s not some unspoken, unexamined grossness.Īs a result, it’s easy to just enjoy Toby and Miles and how they find happiness together. You don’t end up thinking “ugh, but X was relying on Y for food to eat, so of course he couldn’t really say no” - because the characters realise that and work with it (or don’t, and later have to work with it, perhaps). ![]() It really doesn’t take much to show characters being aware of it and ensuring it, and it makes the situations so much more satisfying. Toby’s a sweetie, and Miles is… somewhat incidentally grumpy - which is to say, not permanently grumpy by constitution, but in a terrible position and not sure how on earth to turn things around.Īs always, I love Charles’ careful attention to issues of consent. There’s not much of a supporting cast, just Miles and Toby, getting to know each other, getting past their hangups, and figuring out how to take a chance on each other. ![]() I always enjoy KJ Charles’ less murdery books, and this novella’s a nice one. ![]()
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