2022 fantasy-romance, fixup of four shorter works. After the townsfolk
burned down her workshop, Mia Brandt tries to keep her powers quiet in
her new home. But the necromancer next door isn't going to let it be.
It's a comfort read, certainly. It's clear that Leander the
necromancer is thoroughly in love with, and also endlessly patient
with, Mia, and that if she could only allow herself to trust someone
again things might get better for her.
But at the same time there's the practicality of trying to build a
life that doesn't provoke the Normal People into panic over the
weirdoes, and if the weirdoes here have wings or bone-animating powers
rather than unconventional tastes in sexual partners, the connections
are very clear.
Yeah, all right, the opposed "everything different is bad" faction may
come over a bit heavy-handed—as with the traditional Evil Church, one
has to ask what it offers to its members—but in the context of the
story it fits together well. I like these people, and it's a pleasure
to spend time with them.
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