I liked Nicky's riposte because it felt like this sudden, vivid glimpse into the life of Professor Rook, who has no doubt suffered through some truly terrible undergraduate sentences.
Yes! Sorry. Oddly, I didn't recognize it as a quote partly because I was thinking of description rather than dialogue. I really did appreciate about Death in the Spires that you could believe the amount of time that had passed as well as the way everyone had remained in their own way frozen in the aftermath of the murder.
(Also, it felt like a line that might have wandered over from Pamela Dean's Tam Lin.)
(True.)
Thanks for the detailed rec! I will give that one a try, because I really liked Death in the Spires and want to enjoy more of Charles' work, if I can find the bits that will appeal to me similarly.
You're welcome! Spectred Isle really is the only other one I've got, but I will hope that more thorough readers of her work could give you others. I am also not designed for the romance novel, so tend to slide off even highly recommended authors if there isn't something else in there to get hold of.
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Date: 2025-07-02 10:36 pm (UTC)Yes! Sorry. Oddly, I didn't recognize it as a quote partly because I was thinking of description rather than dialogue. I really did appreciate about Death in the Spires that you could believe the amount of time that had passed as well as the way everyone had remained in their own way frozen in the aftermath of the murder.
(Also, it felt like a line that might have wandered over from Pamela Dean's Tam Lin.)
(True.)
Thanks for the detailed rec! I will give that one a try, because I really liked Death in the Spires and want to enjoy more of Charles' work, if I can find the bits that will appeal to me similarly.
You're welcome! Spectred Isle really is the only other one I've got, but I will hope that more thorough readers of her work could give you others. I am also not designed for the romance novel, so tend to slide off even highly recommended authors if there isn't something else in there to get hold of.
A POX UPON THEIR HOUSES, I SAY.
*hugs*