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A review by ladymacbeth2024
Ourselves and Immortality by Logan Sage Adams
4.5
4.5 stars
Another sweet historical love story from Logan Sage Adams and I really enjoyed it.
I immediately fell in love with John: he's gentle and kind, he loves working alone, he's quiet and reserved, he's very different from his brother Michael and, sometimes, he feels uncomfortable around him, like he's afraid to do the wrong thing, but he loves him deeply. John is not big on changes, but accepts to move away with him and 2 years later after the first chapter (1902) he becomes a mortician.
Calvin is the opposite: he's a con man used to trick people to survive, he's a thief, he's very good at reading people and he's openly friendly. Calvin is also very poor and lives in misery. He finds himself being offered a position as John's assistant and he accepts gladly (even if he's quite uneasy with Michael's attitude towards him).
So, John and Calvin live and work together and develop a solid friendship, helping each other and making the business grow. But they also learn how to be better and improve themselves: John becomes more confident about his job and being around people, while Calvin starts to value honesty more and to be aware of the consequences of his actions.
John and Michael's confrontation about their past and their grief was absolutely heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time: I'm so very glad that they could mend things and being close again.
Katherine is an amazing person: she's supportive and sweet and I really appreciated such a positive female character in a MM romance. Her friendship with Calvin is unique and beautiful, it was like Calvin had a loving sister to his own.
What prevented me from giving five full stars:
I completely understand why Calvin thought David so often, but I would have preferred to not still read about him that late in the story
This book has a very beautiful prose: I loved the pace (even if it took me a little while to get into it at first) and the slow burn between Calvin and John. I adored the way the author describes their physical interactions and all their sweet times together: those moments were always so intimate and precious and I felt like I was intruding, like I didn't want to disturb them.
I hope to read another story by this author soon. In the meantime I highly recommend this book.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and this is my honest review.
Another sweet historical love story from Logan Sage Adams and I really enjoyed it.
I immediately fell in love with John: he's gentle and kind, he loves working alone, he's quiet and reserved, he's very different from his brother Michael and, sometimes, he feels uncomfortable around him, like he's afraid to do the wrong thing, but he loves him deeply. John is not big on changes, but accepts to move away with him and 2 years later after the first chapter (1902) he becomes a mortician.
Calvin is the opposite: he's a con man used to trick people to survive, he's a thief, he's very good at reading people and he's openly friendly. Calvin is also very poor and lives in misery. He finds himself being offered a position as John's assistant and he accepts gladly (even if he's quite uneasy with Michael's attitude towards him).
So, John and Calvin live and work together and develop a solid friendship, helping each other and making the business grow. But they also learn how to be better and improve themselves: John becomes more confident about his job and being around people, while Calvin starts to value honesty more and to be aware of the consequences of his actions.
John and Michael's confrontation about their past and their grief was absolutely heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time: I'm so very glad that they could mend things and being close again.
Katherine is an amazing person: she's supportive and sweet and I really appreciated such a positive female character in a MM romance. Her friendship with Calvin is unique and beautiful, it was like Calvin had a loving sister to his own.
What prevented me from giving five full stars:
I completely understand why Calvin thought David so often, but I would have preferred to not still read about him that late in the story
This book has a very beautiful prose: I loved the pace (even if it took me a little while to get into it at first) and the slow burn between Calvin and John. I adored the way the author describes their physical interactions and all their sweet times together: those moments were always so intimate and precious and I felt like I was intruding, like I didn't want to disturb them.
I hope to read another story by this author soon. In the meantime I highly recommend this book.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and this is my honest review.