roguesmith 's review for:

Dearest Milton James by N.R. Walker
5.0

A full and highly deserved 5 stars.

Well this was an utter delight. I'm not new to N.R. Walker although I haven't read much. I loved Code Red, but this was very different to that story.

This is set in the Dead Letter Office (sorry, Mail Distribution Centre) where Malachi is forced to work by his father. Malachi according to his father, is a drifter who can't hold down a job and this job is his last chance. Julian runs the dead letter office and its' band of merry misfits where somehow Mal finds a home and a job he loves. And Julian, with his sexy professor vibe all in brown. This is as much Julian and Malachi's story as it is the story of the Dear Milton James letters. I won't go into it because massive spoilers for the story.

I loved the burn of Mal and Julian's relationship, I loved gradually getting to know Mal, and seeing Julian come out of his shell more as the story developed too. Mal is exactly the sort of character I love, with his sass and snark and verbal diarrhoea, and Julian is his perfect foil. The story of the Milton James letters was such a great hook too. I loved the whole thing and this is going straight on my go-to list when I need a pick me up.

Can't recommend this enough.