miajakobsen 's review for:

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is a love story about two deeply flawed individuals (Regan and Aldo) who meet and start a passionate and obsessive relationship. However, the novel doesn’t feel like a romance because Blake focuses on the vulnerability and complexities of people in love. The dual narrative (with the occasional interjection from third-party narrators) serves this well, as we get insight into both the main characters. I love character-driven work and complicated grey characters so this book was right up my alley. I think I need to read it again to fully grasp the text, but it is an interesting book that deserves your full attention.