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A review by tenderness
Shell Game by Benny Lawrence
5.0
FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!!!!!!
I can't believe that a book about lesbian pirates managed to be nothing like what I was expecting and also to be IMMEASURABLY BETTER THAN I HAD EVER HOPED!!! It's funny without being goofy, Darren and Lynn are both so quick witted and sarcastic and hilarious. The romance is perfect without being soppy, no two people could be more perfect together than these two, honestly. The plot is so addictive and enthralling, I literally didn't put it down from start to finish. Nothing at all was as it initially seemed (which is good because for a second there at the beginning I was worried). Both of the main characters are so well developed and have such distinctive, amazing voices. The alternating first person perspective wouldn't have sounded appealing to me before reading it, but after the fact I can see there really was no better way to tell this story, and at no point while I was reading did it pull me out of the story or bother me in any way. sorry I'm rambling but damn this book is such a wonderful time!!!!
If you're going to read this, please be warned of violence/abuse/child abuse. I'm always happy to give more details about content warnings if anyone needs them.
I can't believe that a book about lesbian pirates managed to be nothing like what I was expecting and also to be IMMEASURABLY BETTER THAN I HAD EVER HOPED!!! It's funny without being goofy, Darren and Lynn are both so quick witted and sarcastic and hilarious. The romance is perfect without being soppy, no two people could be more perfect together than these two, honestly. The plot is so addictive and enthralling, I literally didn't put it down from start to finish. Nothing at all was as it initially seemed (which is good because for a second there at the beginning I was worried). Both of the main characters are so well developed and have such distinctive, amazing voices. The alternating first person perspective wouldn't have sounded appealing to me before reading it, but after the fact I can see there really was no better way to tell this story, and at no point while I was reading did it pull me out of the story or bother me in any way. sorry I'm rambling but damn this book is such a wonderful time!!!!
If you're going to read this, please be warned of violence/abuse/child abuse. I'm always happy to give more details about content warnings if anyone needs them.