When one man, whether it be injury, weariness, or any other reason lets himself be shaved by the man he has fallen for. 

It’s got everything, physical contact, domesticity, depictions of hands (I know we all love hands), depiction of mouths, the vulnerability of letting a crush see you unkempt, the trust of another person who has taken your heart to run a sharp blade over your body, scents...

And my heart is doing perpetual barrel rolls

My wig is clear snatched into the Umber empire

THE TROPES THE TWISTS THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN THE 2 LEADS

A more coherent review tomorrow maybe

Grace: World hard and cold, tiddy soft and warm

Robin: Girl hot

After my re-read of Witchmark in prep for this book, one of the things I like is finally getting an outside look at Miles. He has been suffering after the war with PTSD probably way before the end of WM and then had to experience all that stuff at the end of WM too.

He probably omitted a lot of his weakness in his bid to appear put tougher and put others needs before his own. It’s not nice to see him injured and anxious but it is nice to see that he has learned to lean on others and how much Tristan is good to him.

Also Tristan sitting like a gay with his legs over the armrest!

But as far as our main girl is concerned it’s great to see grace as more than just a pawn in her father scheme but how much she plans and calculates for the safety of her family and the people. Yes she was part of the system but her loyalty is in a good place even if it’s misguided as hell. I just love the fleshing out of the “antagonist” of book 1.

𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚