#kaylessa thoughts

Ax used to do that thing in human morph when he would say a word and then work it over and over again because it was fun to say.

Now that it's finally crystallized in my head that this is what their relationship is actually supposed to be like, a really beautiful hurt/comfort scene is simply flying from my fingertips and it's making me want to weep at the image of two them cocooned around the poor heartbroken ace that just wants to be hugged and held and gently rocked until she can piece herself back together again from the death she should have prevented but couldn't.

So, I was out walking today (let's be honest, I was playing Pokemon Go) at a local park. My hair was half up, exposing the purple layer underneath. I passed some men sitting at a picnic table and one, very enthusiastically, shouts at me, "Your hairdo is amazing! That looks so awesome!" His buds chime in and I can't help but laugh and thank them as I walk on.

That interaction? That's an example of how a man can genuinely compliment a woman that is a stranger to him without making her feel threatened and actually feel like, yes, she has been complimented.

So, after listening to all five books in the Heartstriker series by Rachel Aaron (beginning with "Nice Dragons Finish Last") I must say that I was delighted!

Sci-fi urban fantasy (that's seems like a bit much, but it's quite smoothly introduced with a very tidy tie-in to our own current history) that did a good job of not dumping too much world-building on you all at once while also providing enough to set a sufficient scene.