Drusilla's Reviews > Tallowwood

Crazy unbelievable book has completely taken hold of me. All the feels and oh gosh what a finale.... someone hand me some towels, I'm all sweaty and maybe some valerian ...
I cried so much during this story.

In the beginning, he’d often wondered how long he could do it for, how much of his soul he could give to his job before he had none left to give. Now he wondered how much of his soul he would lose if he stopped. 🥺💔🥺

August and Jake are wonderful together. They have a very gentle dynamic that works quite well through the heavy murder story.
And there are some lovely funny moments that I'm very grateful for, it balanced the whole thing out quite well.

August had never thought a cat could actually looked pissed, but he was wrong.
“Hey, pretty girl,” Porter said, his voice up an octave. But the cat wasn’t having any of that. It barked. Well, it was supposed to be a meow, but it wasn’t. It was loud, clipped, and cranky. Could cats bark? It was definitely a bark. Then it did it again, its glare fixed on Porter. 😂🐕😂

But it really is a heavy thing and the tears still outweighed everything else. I also think it's great how the relationship that develops was kept quite short. There are just too many emotions here and it wouldn't have done the story justice otherwise.

Jake leaned in and drew August closer to him, their bodies almost touching. He gave him time to adjust, to pull away, to say no . . . But August closed his eyes and gave into it, and Jake pulled him in for a crushing hug. He fell into him, let himself be held, and Jake held him as tight as he could.
“You’re not broken,” Jake whispered. And August began to cry. 😭😩😪🤧

I'm a bit glad it's over, happy ending and all that really perfect, but I think I need the next superficial Christmas story to bring me back down.