{"id":12113,"date":"2019-09-26T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:20:39","slug":"among-the-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12113","title":{"rendered":"Among the Living"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the Living<\/a><\/em> (2006) Jordan Castillo Price<\/a> (PsyCop)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Victor Bayne’s partner is retiring. <\/p>\n

Maurice was a sixty-two year old black man who had a lot more gray in his hair at his retirement party than he\u2019d had when I first met him. We\u2019d never been close in a way that some partners at the Fifth Precinct are. We didn\u2019t hit sports bars after our shift for a shot and a beer. We didn\u2019t watch the game at each other’s houses. We didn\u2019t invite each other to family functions\u2014 not that I have any family to speak of. <\/p>\n

Maybe it was the race difference. Or the age difference. But despite the fact that we didn\u2019t connect on any sort of deep, soul-searching level, I was gonna miss working with the guy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the bathroom he accidentally meets Detective Jacob Marks, who he hadn’t previously known to be gay.<\/p>\n

This is the part of the story I had problem with, but it’s probably me and not the story–I just don’t *get* random hookups. I mean, I understand that people have them and enjoy them, but… I don’t quite comprehend them.<\/p>\n

So, the two hookup in the bathroom, and then Vic is called into work, even though he’s supposed to have the day off.<\/p>\n

His new partner is there, and they are sent out on a case, except that Vic has been taking medicine to tamp down his powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Auracel,\u201d she said, taking the next right, \u201cit works for you?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes the dead people shut up,\u201d I told her. And, by golly, the high was just an added bonus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because that’s Vic’s power and pretty much the bane of his existence-he can converse with the dead, and once they realize it, they won’t leave him alone.<\/p>\n

The mystery is interesting, as are the characters. I also want to note that the copyright for this story is 2006, before the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the world was a very different place. Neither Vic nor Jacob is officially out at work, which matched our world at the time (and I don’t think anyone could have foreseen the amazing changes coming in just a few years).<\/p>\n

This would be the reason for the secret hookups, which again, I don’t grok. But I also was somewhat surprised by Jacob. How did he know Vic was gay and how did he know that he wasn’t making a mistake coming on to him? Was it because he’d been watching him? Is that creepy? I don’t feel like they really knew each other at all before the party (other than to say hello in passing) so… the whole relationships just felt off to me.<\/p>\n

But the mystery was interesting, and I do want to read another story. Perhaps now they are a couple, I’ll grok their relationship a little better.<\/p>\n

Publisher: JCP Books
\nRating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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