However, I’m usually sensitive to that kind of thing, and I found it surprisingly readable and engaging. Since I don’t really GET the whole sexual attraction thing, this was a lot more relatable and engaging, even if the mindblowing effects of kissing still pass me by.Īs I mentioned, there’s a fair bit of sex, which might be too explicit for some readers. This one is about more than just physical attraction: it’s about intelligence, and respect, and power play, and the subversion of predator and prey. Besides, it’s always nice to see f/f relationships. I think in part that’s because it’s queer, overtly so, and because although it doesn’t seem it at first, both of the women involved are the other’s equal. While to a certain extent this follows a familiar trope for books about female assassins - falling for a target prevents the assassin from following through with the job, usually with disastrous consequences - it manages to do it in an engaging, original way. I wouldn’t have felt half as connected if it had been, I don’t know, Mozart or something. It even focuses on Tchaikovsky I’m a big fan. So this book could quite easily have been tailored to my particular interests. If you know me, you’ll know that I’m queer, that I spent ten years playing Classical violin and flute (before scuppering my wrists), and I’m working on a trilogy of novels about assassins.
This is a book about a lesbian cello-playing assassin.
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