Heart of Stone
Johannes T. Evans
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
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· 31 ratings · 335 pages · Published: 30 Jul 2020
The man is quite unlike any secretary - or any man, for that matter - that Henry has ever met.
Henry Coffey, immortal and ever-oscillating between periods of delighted focus upon his current passion project, is charming, witty, and seems utterly incapable of closing his mouth for more than a few moments; in contrast, Theophilus Essex is quiet and keenly focused, adopting an ever-flat affect, but as time goes on, he relaxes in his employer's presence.
Craving resounding intimacy but with an ever aware of the polite boundaries for their situation, Coffey and Essex perform a slow dance as they grow closer to one another, and find themselves entangled.
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'Heart of Stone' is a slowly unfolding period romance between a vampire and his inimitably devoted clerk: lushly depicted in flowing, lovingly appended prose, we follow the slow understanding these two men grasp of one another, and the cross of their two worlds into each other's.
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- queer romance 5
- fantasy 4
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- virgin hero 3
- non-human hero 3
- working class hero 3
- urban fantasy 1
- forced proximity 1
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