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A review by chichio
Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
She opens her mouth to apologise and he, unthinking—thinking only that he doesn’t want her to be sorry, that in fact ‘sorry’ from her tongue should be reserved for only the most capital of offences, such as disappearing from his life forever—he takes her hand and holds it, urgently.
As someone who has tried to like Olivie Blake’s writing in the past and just couldn’t get into it, I’m so shocked and, honestly, happy to say that I’ve finally found one of her works that works for me. Her writing voice just fits this genre so well—the roundabout ramblings of two characters that move around the world as people who are equal parts confused as they are confusing to others, ramblings that bring about answers but just as many more questions. God, I loved this. Especially enjoyed how the main focus of the book is that romantic love doesn’t magically heal people and that one doesn’t need to be completely fixed in order to be worthy of love. This was great and I need Olivie to just write more literary romances… that’s where she really shines.