A review by anachronistique
Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Iona Datt Sharma, Katherine Fabian

This suffered from the usual curse of novellas - just not long enough for me, and lots of things peeking around the edges I wanted to know more about - but it was still a fun read, and it was great spending time with such a thoroughly queer cast of characters.

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I do share another reviewer's feeling that it's a little hard to care about Meraud - the main reason any of this happens - when he's such a cipher, and especially to understand his current relationship with Layla. It really feels more like he's just her childhood friend and not her current anything, which again might be an issue of balance given the shorter length.

(Full disclosure: I am friends with one of the authors.)