I would rather the tension in a relationship come from how it will work than will they/won't they shenanigans.
*nods fervently*. I think almost all of the best romances I've read or seen have been of this type rather of the "will they, won't they". I think it's because it's much truer to life that relationships evolve and that it isn't just a matter of getting together, it's a matter of staying together.
Re (metaphorical) ableism -- I think one of the angels has damaged wings/is unable to fly? I can't remember if it's in the first or second book, though she's a tertiary character, in any case.
You mean Jessamy? I remember her and I thought about that, and if someone argued a good case to me for her being a PWD, then I'd certainly buy it, but it didn't seem to me like loss of part of a superpower in a world where un-super powered humans exist just fine would necessarily count. But again, if someone made the case to me, I wouldn't tell them they were wrong. It would definitely have helped if we'd gotten a look into her life and how that damaged wing affected her.
I read the first & second books quickly enough, but I'm having trouble getting through the 3rd; I'm not sure if it's genre burn-out or Singh's writing in particular (if it's starting to seem repetitive) or what.
I get genre burn out occasionally. It's why I like to intersperse my readings with completely unrelated genres - like biography or non-fic or something totally different in speculative fiction (like space opera SF). Because there are a lot of writing tropes and patterns, even down to the basic prose that are sooo overused in PR so after a while it feels like you're reading the same book by the same author over and over and it numbs bits of your brain.
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I would rather the tension in a relationship come from how it will work than will they/won't they shenanigans.
*nods fervently*. I think almost all of the best romances I've read or seen have been of this type rather of the "will they, won't they". I think it's because it's much truer to life that relationships evolve and that it isn't just a matter of getting together, it's a matter of staying together.
Re (metaphorical) ableism -- I think one of the angels has damaged wings/is unable to fly? I can't remember if it's in the first or second book, though she's a tertiary character, in any case.
You mean Jessamy? I remember her and I thought about that, and if someone argued a good case to me for her being a PWD, then I'd certainly buy it, but it didn't seem to me like loss of part of a superpower in a world where un-super powered humans exist just fine would necessarily count. But again, if someone made the case to me, I wouldn't tell them they were wrong. It would definitely have helped if we'd gotten a look into her life and how that damaged wing affected her.
I read the first & second books quickly enough, but I'm having trouble getting through the 3rd; I'm not sure if it's genre burn-out or Singh's writing in particular (if it's starting to seem repetitive) or what.
I get genre burn out occasionally. It's why I like to intersperse my readings with completely unrelated genres - like biography or non-fic or something totally different in speculative fiction (like space opera SF). Because there are a lot of writing tropes and patterns, even down to the basic prose that are sooo overused in PR so after a while it feels like you're reading the same book by the same author over and over and it numbs bits of your brain.