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A review by danaichristopoulou
The Home I Find With You by Skye Kilaen
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A quiet, hopeful, slow-burn M/M story that stays with you long after you're done reading
Here's my problem with post-collapse stories: I refuse to believe that people will jump on the first chance to revert into a Mad Max kind of chaos and anarchy, killing and looting and being "every man for himself". And yet, most books and movies keep trying to convince us that this is the case.
Skye Kilaen goes another way: she has created a post-collapse world that is as intricate as it is wholesome. Some people are still assholes, yes, but most of them are just tired and doing their best and coming together to help each other. It must not have been easy to build this world: the story has many characters and the author cares for each and every one of them, doing their identities and their journeys justice.
And because of that careful and caring world-building, when the two main MCs slowly find, then botch, then find, then botch, then find again their way towards each other, the trip seems earned and authentic. Learning to own their weaknesses and honor their needs is a big part of that.
I also need to make a special mention to Van, the main character, who is the biggest and softest cinnamon roll I've had the pleasure of encountering in a book lately. I finished this book weeks ago, and still think about him, and his hope-punk world, often.
Here's my problem with post-collapse stories: I refuse to believe that people will jump on the first chance to revert into a Mad Max kind of chaos and anarchy, killing and looting and being "every man for himself". And yet, most books and movies keep trying to convince us that this is the case.
Skye Kilaen goes another way: she has created a post-collapse world that is as intricate as it is wholesome. Some people are still assholes, yes, but most of them are just tired and doing their best and coming together to help each other. It must not have been easy to build this world: the story has many characters and the author cares for each and every one of them, doing their identities and their journeys justice.
And because of that careful and caring world-building, when the two main MCs slowly find, then botch, then find, then botch, then find again their way towards each other, the trip seems earned and authentic. Learning to own their weaknesses and honor their needs is a big part of that.
I also need to make a special mention to Van, the main character, who is the biggest and softest cinnamon roll I've had the pleasure of encountering in a book lately. I finished this book weeks ago, and still think about him, and his hope-punk world, often.