Status Updates From Untamed

Something different! This is admirable and enjoyable, and comes close to excellence, but somehow doesn't quite get there.

"You would have lost no sleep over having Porkie killed, but when you find a spider indoors you're careful not to crush it when you take it outside. I could put an autumn leaf between your hands when you're lie that, and it would stay intact." I could put a human heart between your hands, when you're like that.

it's like the author reached into my head and pulled out my Perfect Het Romance. :)

"He remembered her fingers holding his tightly in the night, and imagined the force she would bring, if he once let her near - the strength of her fingers deep in his hair, and her muscled legs around him, and her coarse hair let loose over him."

"Her body traced a powerful arc and the log split in two. That woman, that body, had held him all night. He had broken against her, and she was unharmed".

"After the second crack he eased the window open and watched Katherine split log after log. He couldn't look away. Her movements were heroic, articulate, economic. She was so, so strong."

I don't want to say this is the f/m version of Damen/Laurent - the characters are pretty distintive, and their story is their own - but still - major Damen/Laurent vibes at times, esp the unlacing, and him vibrating with tension whenever she touches him, and him admiring "the powerful arc" of her body as she splits logs...

fuuuuck, this is getting good

oooh, another Lymond expy! he is, isn't he?

This book just gets better and better! Such an unexpected story.

This is off to a fun start!