--not that they're cousins, but the way they grew up together as children. And it leans into that, too! Oh well.
"He was her lover, but he was almost her brother, too" definitely helped with the Tanith Lee vibes.
But anyway, the het is not what anyone reads this book for.
I was legitimately confused when it showed up!
Isn't Laurent's duel adorable? Awww. "Adorable" is not usually a word I'd apply to duels, but...
No, it absolutely is. He is such a golden retriever of a character that the novel gets as close as possible to lampshading that, too, by having Avoye liken him to Sarrasin—not to mention "Pylades, Patroclus, and Euryalus all rolled into one," speaking of notexactlystraight allusions.
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"He was her lover, but he was almost her brother, too" definitely helped with the Tanith Lee vibes.
But anyway, the het is not what anyone reads this book for.
I was legitimately confused when it showed up!
Isn't Laurent's duel adorable? Awww. "Adorable" is not usually a word I'd apply to duels, but...
No, it absolutely is. He is such a golden retriever of a character that the novel gets as close as possible to lampshading that, too, by having Avoye liken him to Sarrasin—not to mention "Pylades, Patroclus, and Euryalus all rolled into one," speaking of not exactly straight allusions.