The Sugared Game

The Sugared Game (2020) KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures #2)

Set in England in 1924

“You’re Welsh,” Will pointed out. “You’ve got no room to talk about spelling.”

“Nothing wrong with Welsh spelling, thank you,” Maisie said, with an edge on her accent.

“Come off it. You put two ‘l’s in everything and don’t say any of them.”

It’s ridiculous to squeeze women my shape into styles that don’t suit, and I shan’t follow some absurd grapes-and-water diet to whittle myself down to a stick. You need to dress for your own body, not pretend you’ve someone else’s,

He wasn’t much of a liar, and people rarely had trouble telling when he disliked them.

“Scars are always beautiful,” Kim said. “They’re proof we lived.”

Characters: William Darling, Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan, Maisie Jones, Phoebe Stephens-Prince, Edward Molyneux, Lieutenant Michael Beaumont, Desmond Fuller, Theresa Skyrme, Binkie Huckaback, Gloria Glade, Johnnie Cheveley, Flora Appleby, Tommy Telford, Adela Moran, Bubby Fanshawe, Sergeant Spencer Thomas, Benson, William Merton, DS, Harry Mitra

Cover by Tiferet Design

Rating: 8.5/10

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