![]() ![]() ![]() So much more I’d like to know about the background stuff and their sponsor… Rating: 4/5 I was a little worried that the jealousy/inferiority complex stuff so characteristic of Whyborne in the early Whyborne & Griffin books was going to come out here with the references to Oscar’s childhood friend, but luckily it didn’t really go that way too much. ![]() Of course, those secrets are relevant to the story, and Oscar finds himself having to use his newly acknowledged talents to help his family - whether they want him to or not. I enjoyed that there were complexities there, that it wasn’t just both parents being a united front of anger for exactly the same reasons. I like that the contention isn’t about Nigel being trans or about it being a queer relationship, and there’s no tension about the non-binary character either instead this is pure family dynamics, secrets being kept, etc. ![]() It’s… predictably awkward, especially as soon as they discover Nigel’s job and what the two of them work on together. I didn’t realise this was coming out, and leapt on it as soon as I did! It’s lovely to revisit Oscar and Nigel, and see them a little further into their relationship - in fact, with Oscar taking Nigel to meet his parents. ![]()
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