his characters are virtuosos at making highly questionable decisions, but they’re also so human in their constant state of flux - acting, reacting, shifting, evolving. can you tell i'm a real sucker for heartfelt lines, so much so that rationality becomes nothing but an illusion? he's constantly at war with his primal desires and his obligation as the responsible adult, and i'm genuinely impressed he has lasted this long without foaming at the mouth or losing all his hair given Emmett's relentless goading every chance he can get.Īs you can tell, i thought GA hit the character beats with a perfect score on Rock Band drums. every time i’m offered a peek into his brain, i fall to my knees in reverence. his inner thoughts speak to the poorly hidden romantic within me and compel me to stan (phone, please stop choosing violence by autocorrecting stan to stab □) Daddy Jimbo till the cows come home. If i were to ever cross paths with the Holy Father of Brattiness myself and he somehow put me in the crosshairs of his volatile blast of sass, i’m putting money on my reaction sequence being affronted bewilderment, frustrated crying, followed by a slow descent into lunacy. Emmett is a master puppeteer, having Jim routinely prance about on puppet strings as they both purposefully skirt around topics in the age-old ritual of avoidance.īut when self-sabotage has been the name of the game for so long, it makes sense for escape to feel futile. Never has anyone known exactly which gears to grind, which buttons to push, which knobs to turn, to manipulate those around him into a mad rage with such compulsively destructive finesse. tell me he founded the Brats of America Society under the holy title of Father of Brattiness, and i would not only believe you, but i’d also enthusiastically donate to the cause. ![]() ah yes, nothing brings me back into the world of Flint & Tinder faster than a front row seat to Emmett’s shitstirring *sips tea with a satisfied hum*Īn absolute snarky rascal of a whippersnapper. ![]() i'll be waiting for you with a beverage of your choice for as long as you need. that being said, i do talk about the mcs of this series and their well-established personalities, so if you haven't read Hollow Folk yet and are seriously considering doing so in the near future, please come back around then. > behold! my fumbling attempt at a spoiler-free review because i have many, MANY thoughts and am legally bound by The ARC Rules to disclose none of them except that i would read another quintillion words of this. "Sparks," the interlude short story between Ember Boys and Queer Fires, is out now to GA's newsletter subscribers! just your average neighborly, bite-sized lead-in to new adventures - nothing at all like putting salt in an already necrotizing wound But an invisible war is raging all around them, and they’ve just stepped into the crossfire. When Chloe’s on-and-off-again girlfriend gets taken hostage, Emmett and Jim will have to race to save her. It’s up to Emmett and Jim to stop them, which might be easier if they could figure out why everyone wants her. Now, it seems someone is after her again. A year ago, they saved Chloe’s life from a band of supernatural killers. ![]() When their friend Chloe shows up at their apartment, being chased by men with guns, Emmett and Jim find themselves dragged into a conflict they don’t understand. And all that spare time? It means he can really focus on screwing up his friendship (and absolutely nothing more than friendship) with Jim, who just happens to be the most important person in his life. But he’s clean that’s the important thing. ![]() Heck, he might not even be all that happy.
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