Slippery Creatures

3.5 stars rounded up to 4. This was more than decently all right and pretty much in line with my expectations for K J Charles, who consistently churns out really great m/m romance. While The Willing Darling Adventures takes place in the 1920s and has a bit more of an adventure vibe to it, it's still pretty much cosy romance at its heart without being annoyingly contrived with the way it throws its main characters together, or being overly saccharine with the romance. It also does have a touch of some politics thrown in, although nowhere near as thorough and involved in the romance element as it sometimes is in her other works (e.g. A Seditious Affair). I don't mind action and adventure but I honestly have a tough time keeping up with it when it's represented in a textual medium, so I had to skim over some parts of this one. I much prefer books with more dialogue and character study than action, but that's really just my own inclinations. Overall though, I enjoyed this one a fair bit and would likely read the next one in the series.