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Thank God they were British. He took a deep breath. “Cup of tea?”

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

The Sugared Game by KJ Charles

November 3, 2020 by Emmalita 4 Comments

When KJ Charles initially announced the three book Will Darling Adventures series, it looked like it would all be released in 2020 and so I thought I would read all three and then review them together. However, 2020 is awful and apparently it’s hard to write when the world is on fire and your government is trying to kill you (KJ Charles is British). I have given in and decided to review the first two books without waiting for the third. Will Darling has returned […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: 1920s, KJ Charles, M/M historical romance, Slippery Creatures, the sugared game, The Will Darling Adventures

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:88 · Genres: Romance · Tags: 1920s, KJ Charles, M/M historical romance, Slippery Creatures, the sugared game, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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That rare unicorn, a good middle book.

The Sugared Game (The Will Darling Adventures, #2) by K.J. Charles

October 15, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

This book wasn’t as purely enjoyable for me as the first one, but it was really an excellent middle book that does what all middle books should do: It furthers the character arcs of the characters we care about so that they are not stagnant and wallowing, it pushes the main story arcs along further and things actually happen, and it provides its own enclosed story arc so that you are left satisfied by the presence of a beginning, middle, and ending within the book […]

Filed Under: Romance, Suspense Tagged With: 1920s, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the bright young things, the sugared game, The Will Darling Adventures

narfna's CBR12 Review No:146 · Genres: Romance, Suspense · Tags: 1920s, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the bright young things, the sugared game, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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