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A review by the_novel_approach
All Creatures Great and Small by Kasper Quill
4.0
All Creatures Great and Small is a sweet Christmas story that just makes you go aww. Charlie lives a safe if solitary life, so it seems like fate intervening when he nearly runs over a scruffy looking cat. It also brings Aemon into his life. They seem like complete opposites, as Aemon is dressed in a snazzy suit and speaks as though he’s read a thesaurus. Charlie is just adorable and seems to have a soft spot for animals that need a home that doesn’t mind imperfect pets, a trait most likely brought on by his time in the foster system where he felt too different to be adopted.
The book doesn’t delve too much into Aemon’s character—who turns out to be Charlie’s landlord—only talking a bit about how he spent Christmases with his family. Nor does it have much relationship building, showing only Aemon’s sweeter side as he helps Charlie start new Christmas traditions, with a clumsy beginning, for his newly adopted cat, Max. Though Charlie questions Aemon’s desire to help him, thinking it pity, I certainly don’t as I just wanted to whisk him away and give him the love he deserves, and clearly has for everybody, human or animal.
I also adore how, by the end, it is Aemon who is the only one who seems to have any control over the multiple animals Charlie adopts, while Charlie flails but gives them all the love they missed out on. I also love how he just can’t pass by an animal in need of a home. I’d love to see a continuation of this story, or even just the development of the relationship.
Reviewed by Jenn for The Novel Approach
The book doesn’t delve too much into Aemon’s character—who turns out to be Charlie’s landlord—only talking a bit about how he spent Christmases with his family. Nor does it have much relationship building, showing only Aemon’s sweeter side as he helps Charlie start new Christmas traditions, with a clumsy beginning, for his newly adopted cat, Max. Though Charlie questions Aemon’s desire to help him, thinking it pity, I certainly don’t as I just wanted to whisk him away and give him the love he deserves, and clearly has for everybody, human or animal.
I also adore how, by the end, it is Aemon who is the only one who seems to have any control over the multiple animals Charlie adopts, while Charlie flails but gives them all the love they missed out on. I also love how he just can’t pass by an animal in need of a home. I’d love to see a continuation of this story, or even just the development of the relationship.
Reviewed by Jenn for The Novel Approach