Recent Reads: A HONEYMOON OF GRAVE CONSEQUENCE by Stephanie Burgis – this is absolutely charming.
I read an advance copy of this second in a series of novellas about Lord Riven, Vampire, and Lady Riven, Scholar, whose situationship we’re introduced to in A MARRIAGE OF UNDEAD CONVENIENCE and continues on now (and hopefully for quite some time after this!). I liked MARRIAGE very much, and HONEYMOON is better: it’s nearly twice as long, and the length helps the story to feel more complete within itself (my only problem with MARRIAGE was, in fact, that I wanted it to be longer).
What’s loveliest about these, I think, is what amounts to the exploration and rejection of the idea that different is bad, and how our leading couple are actively working to improve the world and its acceptance of the unusual, whether that’s scholarly Margaret herself, or vampiric Riven, or a host of other supernatural people entirely. They’re really sweet books, and I like them a lot. :heart eyes:
HONEYMOON is out at the end of September! (links are just for Amazon, sorry, I was lazy. and they’re affiliate.)