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A review by mollyringle
Something Human by A.J. Demas
5.0
This turned out to be exactly what I needed to read this week—or indeed, anytime during the last two+ years, which have been the kind of years that demand comfort reads. And btw, when I say "comfort read," I mean that as the highest praise. All my favorite books are comfort reads.
Despite starting on a battlefield with two characters who both expected to be dead before sundown, the story overall turns out to be sweet, warmhearted, romantic, sexy, and witty.
I was also in awe right from the start at Demas's world-building skill: everything is described succinctly and compactly, and in an interesting way—often in the form of conversation between the two battle-refugees-turned-friends-turned-lovers—yet still manages to convey a rich world of vivid colors and textures and customs. (Granted, as Demas has said, though technically a fantasy world, it's almost interchangeable for an ancient Roman or Greek setting, so it's familiar to most of us in that way and doesn't require the same amount of explanation as, say, an alien planet would.)
100% want to read more by this author, especially if they are all lovely comfort reads like this one.
Despite starting on a battlefield with two characters who both expected to be dead before sundown, the story overall turns out to be sweet, warmhearted, romantic, sexy, and witty.
I was also in awe right from the start at Demas's world-building skill: everything is described succinctly and compactly, and in an interesting way—often in the form of conversation between the two battle-refugees-turned-friends-turned-lovers—yet still manages to convey a rich world of vivid colors and textures and customs. (Granted, as Demas has said, though technically a fantasy world, it's almost interchangeable for an ancient Roman or Greek setting, so it's familiar to most of us in that way and doesn't require the same amount of explanation as, say, an alien planet would.)
100% want to read more by this author, especially if they are all lovely comfort reads like this one.