Yes to what you said about Any Old Diamonds. I loved it, it was great fun (and super hot), but I wish the emotional resolution hadn’t been so swift. I could see Jerry accepting what Alec did, but I wish it'd taken him longer to come to terms with it. After all, he had strong words about betrayal.
That’s the one criticism I have about KJ Charles' books, in fact. I feel her books should be a little longer to allow for emotions to breathe. Recovering from betrayal, hurt, self-discovery —all of those things take time and we don't see that process in most of her stories. And that’s a process I love to see, I find it as delicious as the happier romantic scenes. I think that’s why A Seditious Affair is so good: you can see and feel Dom and Silas wrestling with themselves before coming to an imperfect agreement. It takes time (and most of the book), but it’s also more rewarding. Think of England comes close in that respect.
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Date: 2019-04-17 04:15 pm (UTC)That’s the one criticism I have about KJ Charles' books, in fact. I feel her books should be a little longer to allow for emotions to breathe. Recovering from betrayal, hurt, self-discovery —all of those things take time and we don't see that process in most of her stories. And that’s a process I love to see, I find it as delicious as the happier romantic scenes. I think that’s why A Seditious Affair is so good: you can see and feel Dom and Silas wrestling with themselves before coming to an imperfect agreement. It takes time (and most of the book), but it’s also more rewarding. Think of England comes close in that respect.