recent reading on an actual Wednesday
Feb. 19th, 2020 07:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castironTamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth. I went in to this one a little cautiously because of how much hype it's gotten, but turns out it's indeed very well written. The voice, the descriptions, and the atmosphere are really strong. It's right on the edge of my gruesomeness cope range, and there were a few places where I didn't read too closely, but it's not so gory as to leave nightmare mental images in my head afterwards. The general tone and atmosephere reminds me of P. C. Hogdell's God Stalk, though Jame is less sarcastic. (Forget Gideon and Harrow, though; I want to read more about Camilla!)
Kate Clayborn, Love Lettering. I really like the way that Meg sees the world in lettering. I prefer romances where the POV alternates between the couple (I'm reading these to *escape* from RL, not to replicate the experience), but we see enough of Reid in different contexts that I can buy him as an overall good & decent man, and their growing romance was very sweet. The side plots with friendships were fun too. The two big reveals were way over-the-top, but overall I enjoyed the book.
Kate Clayborn, Love Lettering. I really like the way that Meg sees the world in lettering. I prefer romances where the POV alternates between the couple (I'm reading these to *escape* from RL, not to replicate the experience), but we see enough of Reid in different contexts that I can buy him as an overall good & decent man, and their growing romance was very sweet. The side plots with friendships were fun too. The two big reveals were way over-the-top, but overall I enjoyed the book.