The primary sex scene of the novel, after the one rushed one that gives he middle gem above, was well written and truly felt authentic to a conversation you could see two young men having at this time. And as much as I wanted a happily ever after, for the time period what they have and the potential for them to have is better left as a happy for now versus a happily ever after.Ĭharles did a great job of writing Will’s uncertainty in exploring MM relations post-war and I felt really got the interactions right between Will and Kim.

I still don’t really know what to expect going into the next book, but the ending of this one and Will’s openness to whatever comes along when it comes to Kim was refreshing and lovely. (240)īut there was drama and romance and I just want to live in the world with Will and Kim, whose relationship somehow evolves but stays the same throughout the book. I know I had to do it: that was why I did it. Thanks for that, old chap, much obliged, perhaps? Ought he apologise for coming in his mouth? Would this be a good moment to restart the conversation about where Kim had learned to use a knife? He had no idea what civilians, or civilised people, would say in these circumstances.

Not only was there humor:Ī fuck, a fight, a friendship: he’d take any or all. Honestly, I didn’t think I would because pulp fiction has such a negative connotation, but it was wonderful. I found the story and the characters to be utterly charming. This is the story of Will, a WWI veteran who has inherited a bookshop from his uncle along with a massive mystery that’s causing all sorts of chaos in his bookshop, and Kim, a secretive aristocrat whose only reliable characteristic is his lack of loyalty to anyone. Next thing I knew I was finished and grinning like a fool. I didn’t plan to read it in one sitting, but I got sick and couldn’t sleep so started reading it and just kept going.

Whatever it was, after having extended the hold time twice I finally worked it into my schedule. It could’ve been the cover (love it), it could be the description – “MM Romance in the style of Pulp Fiction”, or maybe it was the setting of the bookstore, or maybe the author since I have read something by her previously. I legit have no clue how this one ended up on my hold’s shelf at my local library.

Kj charles slippery creatures