B.K. Borison just knows how to write a romance where you can’t help but fall in love with the characters and their story.

Both Delilah and Jackson were so cute, even if it took me a while to warm up to them. I wasn’t really vibing with Delilah at the beginning, she had this bubbly and always clumsy personality which was a little annoying at first, but she did grow on me the more we got to see of her and her life, and showing other sides of her. I adored Jackson and found him so relatable with how meticulous he was with everything in his life, wanting to follow schedules and rules in ways that made sense to him, learning why he was like this, while also having a more closed off personality and slowly opening more the more comfortable he was with Delilah.

I really enjoyed their relationship and found them both adorable whenever they were together, they had such a cute dynamic of bringing out the best in each other, specially with such different personalities, and they just worked really well together. However, the transition between co-workers to having feelings was a little too sudden and didn’t make much sense to me. There’s not enough moments of yearning during this time to make it believable that they actually like each other and aren’t just physically attracted, and only after they get involved is where the feelings actually start to feel real.

The main conflict of the book was brushed off a little too easily and I wished it could’ve been explored more, considering the importance it had with the characters, specially Delilah.

I adore B.K. Borison’s writing and how it always makes me laugh, and I can’t wait to giggle a little more with the next book in this series.

Adding this to the pile of Novellas I wish were full-length! But thank you Roth for writing a follow up! This is a great short urban Slavic folklore fantasy that keeps pace without feeling like a whirlwind.

I found the concepts introduced fascinating, the writing evocative yet straight forward, and the characters effectively established despite the lower word count allotted. It does require you to fill in some gaps regarding this network of creatures in Chicago, and also throws a few lines at you that if missed, would mean you could struggle to fill in the blanks - but I don't think that's necessarily a negative here. I also like how the romantic subplot was brought in without fuss, didn't take away from the main plot, but added some character intrigue which had me giggling.

Its quite a tantalising novella that leaves you wanting more.

They are so hot 🥵

Boring. Yawning. Sloppy. Lazy.