Status Updates From Something Wicked

So... the leads finally met around the 25% mark, shagged, bonded (unknowingly), have realised who the other is... and have now been sent off on separate quests. Sigh. Maybe they might get to be in the same room again at some point.

Over 3 hours in and the leads haven't met yet. Hm.

“Desperate times. Have any of you ever ridden a dragon?”

The man approached, wearing the entire table linens section from Wayfair. “I said, I’ll take that.”

“Touch me and die,” the cat snapped. Wycke nearly fell from his sudden stop.
“What the ever-loving fuck?”

This was a really, really good story. But about halfway in, the author began using cutesy humor, such as:

“Ahhh!” Piers smacked into a hedge. Ow. That would leave a mark. He crawled out of his vegetation prison, picking bits of leaves from his hair. Getting the last word in, a branch promptly smacked him in the face.

I'll finish reading, but it's not my type of humor.