An Unseen Attraction

Well, this book is absolutely amazing. The plot is exceptionally well-crafted, as is always true of KJ Charles' work. But the pairing, wow. It's so loving, and just my personal favorite kind of thing: decent but flawed people doing their best to treat each other well and navigate a dangerous world. The main characters have to figure out how best to love and support each other, so there is some conflict, but overall it is so nice. Wow. I have stars in my eyes.

The novel handles some weighty topics, some of which have relevance to my own experiences, with a lot of understanding. It's a work I'd love to share with people who complain about PC culture - not in a confrontational way, and not as some kind of definitive work about any group of people - but because the lack of empathy I see in the world these days scares me a lot, and I believe that a book that centers marginalized people as its heroes does a great deal towards engendering respect, for others and for ourselves.

I'm so excited for the rest of this trilogy, and I'm glad we got to meet some of the future main characters, who are definitely intriguing. But mostly I'll be thinking dreamily about how much in love these two are. What a great book.