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Rag and Bone by KJ Charles
Mar. 18th, 2019 09:21 pmRag and Bone
3/5. Historical M/M. A magician who is trying to learn to live on the right side of ethics after being raised by an evil user navigates a tricky relationship with a paper seller across barriers of race and temperament. This whole series steers far closer to horror than I usually like, but Charles is just so damn good at it. Otherwise, the relationship here didn't do much for me; they are both convinced in different ways that they aren't good enough for the other, which is the sort of thing that makes me deeply unsympathetic and mutter get it together, JFC at the parts which are supposed to be tugging my heartstrings. But I'm basically a reptile, so.
3/5. Historical M/M. A magician who is trying to learn to live on the right side of ethics after being raised by an evil user navigates a tricky relationship with a paper seller across barriers of race and temperament. This whole series steers far closer to horror than I usually like, but Charles is just so damn good at it. Otherwise, the relationship here didn't do much for me; they are both convinced in different ways that they aren't good enough for the other, which is the sort of thing that makes me deeply unsympathetic and mutter get it together, JFC at the parts which are supposed to be tugging my heartstrings. But I'm basically a reptile, so.