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A review by poultrymunitions
Aunt Adeline's Bequest by Amy Rae Durreson
2.0
lovely, yet very slight.
this was a three star story until around the fourth page—when the last of the exactly two clues you needed to piece together the solution to the mystery was slipped into the narrative.
it annoyed me to know for the entirety of the remaining story what the characters hadn't yet realized.
still.
aside from what has become characteristic hyperbole during the sex—erupting waves of flooding et cetera—amy rae durresson once again demonstrates a natural gift for creating immediately compelling characters.
jasper made my heart hurt six different ways, and all on account of tiny details that revealed his tragic history well before valentine's internal monologue spelled it out.
a deft bit of character-work, there—which seems, much more than comically florid sex scenes, to be ms. durreson's calling card.
like valentine for his jasper, I'm a fan—flaws and all.
this was a three star story until around the fourth page—when the last of the exactly two clues you needed to piece together the solution to the mystery was slipped into the narrative.
it annoyed me to know for the entirety of the remaining story what the characters hadn't yet realized.
still.
aside from what has become characteristic hyperbole during the sex—erupting waves of flooding et cetera—amy rae durresson once again demonstrates a natural gift for creating immediately compelling characters.
jasper made my heart hurt six different ways, and all on account of tiny details that revealed his tragic history well before valentine's internal monologue spelled it out.
a deft bit of character-work, there—which seems, much more than comically florid sex scenes, to be ms. durreson's calling card.
like valentine for his jasper, I'm a fan—flaws and all.