Thanks to Shu for this heartwarming review of Oak King Holly King!~This was just the kind of book I

Thanks to Shu for this heartwarming review of Oak King Holly King!~This was just the kind of book I was looking for! The couple is adorable, and while they get together relatively quickly, it gives the book plenty of time to explore them once they’re in their relationship and how much they both trust and respect each other. One conflict comes up later in the book and the two of them begin a classic fight but where one starts talking about a dramatic sacrifice, the other isn’t letting them get away with it and they actually start working together before the chapter is up - and no one goes against the other’s back or some other stupid forced plotline! They have communication and they respect the other’s culture throughout their whole relationship as they learn more and more about each other’s lives.Because the book is set in the mid 1800s, it creates a story introducing both England and the fey world as foreign to the reader so that you can explore both worlds from each character’s standpoint. Even though Shrike has been to the human world before, he hasn’t actually been there for a few centuries, so Victorian England is completely new to him as well. It does a good job of describing the harsh life of a gay character set in the time period while not beating you over the head with it, making you feel hope for Wren rather than despair that nothing’s going to be able to instantly change the world. They even added in some trans rep in a plot about how Victorian women could be treated as well.[…] Overall an enchanting and relaxing love story wrapped up in a pretty straightforward plot that was executed brilliantly with tons of depth and plenty of time to expand upon the characters, letting them walk through the story on their own rather than having the plot drag them head-first into one stressful plot after the other. And isn’t that just the whole point of the tale - being given a destiny you reject and choosing to walk your own path around it?~Oak King Holly King is a gay Victorian fae romance, available now wherever fine books are found!Amazon • Apple Books • Barnes & Noble • Bookshop.org • Kobo • Overdrive • Smashwords -- source link

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