For reasons that might be obvious if you poke around my profile I have Opinions about the awesome potential of the 1920s for romance and people trying to figure out how the world works now, and this book delivers all of that in spades.
I really loved how Will starts out just trying to get by, and then has to expand what he's thinking, and his assumptions about people. And I adore Kim, with all his sharpness and his flaws, and I'm really wanting the next books to learn more precisely about how he got to be as he is. I agree with therru, above, about how damaged he is. (And Phoebe is just delightful, and clearly sharper than she lets on.)
I also really liked the HFN here - it's satisfying, but it's also realistic that they're not just going to sort everything out tidily with a bow on it. Will's made it clear he doesn't like sneaking around (and Kim has been under misapprehensions about Maisie). And all of them have their own bits of stuff they really need to sort out even if they don't want to.
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Date: 2020-05-22 12:18 pm (UTC)For reasons that might be obvious if you poke around my profile I have Opinions about the awesome potential of the 1920s for romance and people trying to figure out how the world works now, and this book delivers all of that in spades.
I really loved how Will starts out just trying to get by, and then has to expand what he's thinking, and his assumptions about people. And I adore Kim, with all his sharpness and his flaws, and I'm really wanting the next books to learn more precisely about how he got to be as he is. I agree with
I also really liked the HFN here - it's satisfying, but it's also realistic that they're not just going to sort everything out tidily with a bow on it. Will's made it clear he doesn't like sneaking around (and Kim has been under misapprehensions about Maisie). And all of them have their own bits of stuff they really need to sort out even if they don't want to.