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Best Foot Forward by Celia Lake

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amlibera's review

4.0

Not quite sure what I thought of this - Carillon as a character is always close to being too much (with his Lord Peter and Lymond antecedents) and this is much denser than some of Lake's others in a way that made me feel as if I'd missed something or forgotten something important from a previous book.

readerpants's review

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emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.0

3.5 stars, rounding up for the "it's complicated" polyam + acespec rep! Even when the writing or the plot doesn't totally pull me in, I really love the author's politics and care around consent, representation, and ethics in general. It's funny sometimes to think of authors building up a sense of trust and care over time with their readers in the way people do -- and in this case, the way that her characters do very explicitly -- but that's how this series feels sometimes. Like, the author taking care of the reader in the way that the characters take care of each other. It's distanced and not *personal*... but loving, like putting love and care out in the world. I have feelings about it!