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A review by localmalewife
The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian
5.0
Cat Sebastian could do anything and I'd be on my knees for her books. The more familiar with her style and values and especially beautiful reflections in historical romance I get, the more deeply I can fall into the narrative. Feeling every ache and pain while knowing her storytelling is kind, and gentle. No matter the hurt the characters go through and the trials they face, there is space for queer love, queer triumph, queer healing, queer life.
This mystery in particular hit extremely close to home for me, and I teared up more than once, deeply touched. James and Leo are such wonderful and wounded people, and watching them communicate and patch each other up and work together for a kinder future means more than I can say. I could spend hours trying to put into words the sheer emotions I felt and am now left with.
The mystery? Delicious and fantastic. I had a Hunch that turned out to be true but that I tossed out and reeled back in over and over as I was led through the story. I never need a mystery to totally bamboozle me, but it's always a pleasant surprise if it does. Also, glimpsing our familiar faces from book one meant so much. What a beautiful and weird found family they are.
Page & Sommers as a series feels like returning to a cozy home, where the mug is put back into the same place and things are done a certain comforting fashion, where chicken might suddenly cluck in the garden, and where a friendly face might visit you anytime. I am already looking forward to coming back home to it again in a future re-listen.
This mystery in particular hit extremely close to home for me, and I teared up more than once, deeply touched. James and Leo are such wonderful and wounded people, and watching them communicate and patch each other up and work together for a kinder future means more than I can say. I could spend hours trying to put into words the sheer emotions I felt and am now left with.
The mystery? Delicious and fantastic. I had a Hunch that turned out to be true but that I tossed out and reeled back in over and over as I was led through the story. I never need a mystery to totally bamboozle me, but it's always a pleasant surprise if it does. Also, glimpsing our familiar faces from book one meant so much. What a beautiful and weird found family they are.
Page & Sommers as a series feels like returning to a cozy home, where the mug is put back into the same place and things are done a certain comforting fashion, where chicken might suddenly cluck in the garden, and where a friendly face might visit you anytime. I am already looking forward to coming back home to it again in a future re-listen.