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A review by lbarsk
Band Sinister by KJ Charles
5.0
My favorite K.J. Charles book to date — SO good. I was totally engrossed and enjoyed this so much. Talk about a cozy Regency! There’s just so much diversity and camaraderie and support and queerness and love in this book. Plus, the Philip-Will relationship was SO hot. Charles’ sex scenes are always engrossing but for whatever reason the physical stuff in this book was just NEXT LEVEL! Hell actual yeah. I know that there’s an age gap between Philip and Will but, as Akiva’s review points out, you need to note down each man’s age and do some math to actually figure that out — it didn’t detract from my enjoyment at all, but I agree that it could have been a fun dimension to explore more directly.
Now I just want a sequel — what’s the rest of the Murder up to, what’s our trans paleontologist got going on, what shenanigans are the other two Birdbrains engaging in… plus, how are Amanda and her Jewish Portuguese doctor husband!! In other words, I’m engrossed and would love to see this be a series in the way Charles has several other series with rotating casts of characters all in the same friend group.
Now I just want a sequel — what’s the rest of the Murder up to, what’s our trans paleontologist got going on, what shenanigans are the other two Birdbrains engaging in… plus, how are Amanda and her Jewish Portuguese doctor husband!! In other words, I’m engrossed and would love to see this be a series in the way Charles has several other series with rotating casts of characters all in the same friend group.