Ina Reads’s Reviews > A Gathering Storm > Status Update

I forgot how much Ward made me want to push him down a hill after the seance scene, where he snaps at Nick. 🙃🙃🙃 What an ass

“Ward is —-“.
Extraordinary. Endlessly fascinating. Utterly infuriating at times. The most comely man Nick had ever seen, with the filthiest imagination. Demanding. Giving. And unapologetically just exactly who he was.
And Nick . . . loved him.
He dropped his head into his hands. “Bloody hell.”

Ward seemed far less concerned about such thoughts than Nick, even though he was a more obvious mark in his elegant, expensive clothes. He strolled along with his arms swinging by his sides, seeming relaxed and at ease, practically inviting pickpockets, but Nick made up for his insouciance by glaring at anyone suspicious looking who got too close.

I’m skipping over the scientific journal chapter prefaces this time around, but I’m still feeling oddly detached from the story. I can’t quite put my finger on what’s missing

Somehow I forgot that this starts off with Nick mistakenly thinking Ward is blackmailing him because he’s gay. And Ward goes along with that misassumption in order to get what he wants. (Which, really, makes it actual blackmail). Nrgh.

Pleased by the adept handling and examinations of issues of privilege in this novel. Thoughtfully presented without being heavy-handed

I could do without Ward's journal entries prefacing each chapter. Thus far, they just disrupt the narrative and don't add any depth to his character; they don't add anything to the story.

Why must there always be a dead twin