Act Like It by Lucy Parker
Apr. 14th, 2018 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightreadsAct Like It
3/5. Het romance. If this were on the AO3, it would be tagged fake/pretend relationship, slow burn, snark, actors and acting, the play's the thing, banter, do it for the paps. (Oh, and there would be a content note for brief depiction of sexual assault, unless the author is an asshole who thinks content warnings oppress their artistic integrity or what the fuck ever).
I have realized that my preferred genre of original romance is 'people snark incessantly at each other, fall in love, and continue snarking at an even higher rate.' So this was fun, with the right touches of depth. Marked down for the last quarter, where the author couldn't seem to figure out how to unsettle and then resolve things without a lot of melodrama.
3/5. Het romance. If this were on the AO3, it would be tagged fake/pretend relationship, slow burn, snark, actors and acting, the play's the thing, banter, do it for the paps. (Oh, and there would be a content note for brief depiction of sexual assault, unless the author is an asshole who thinks content warnings oppress their artistic integrity or what the fuck ever).
I have realized that my preferred genre of original romance is 'people snark incessantly at each other, fall in love, and continue snarking at an even higher rate.' So this was fun, with the right touches of depth. Marked down for the last quarter, where the author couldn't seem to figure out how to unsettle and then resolve things without a lot of melodrama.