A Correspondence
in Black

Came for the plot. Stayed because chapter three left me on the floor.

“The kind of ache you don't actually want to get rid of.”

Closed my laptop. Stared at a wall. Opened it again. Kept reading.

the tension in this could hold a roof up.

the way he says her name. that's it. that's the review.

“Nobody writes a pause like this. The silence between them is louder than any kiss.”

Cried at a line about a coat. A COAT.

the engine didn't rush them and that's the entire point. devastating restraint, genuinely.