{"id":18283,"date":"2021-09-24T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18283"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:17:46","slug":"any-old-diamonds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18283","title":{"rendered":"Any Old Diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any Old Diamonds<\/a><\/em> (2019) KJ Charles<\/a> (Lilywhite Boys)<\/p>\n

\"any<\/a>Set in England in 1895.<\/p>\n

Alex wants revenge upon his father and step-mother, and he is going to get it however he can. So he decides to seek out the Lilywhite Boys–some of the best jewel thieves in London.<\/p>\n

Consider me the antithesis of a Romish priest. I take confession, I keep your silence, but instead of absolution I give you vengeance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is so much lovely dialog in this story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you should acknowledge (your worse impulses) exist, and then spend less time making yourself miserable about the fact that you\u2019re imperfect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I\u2019m not doing something good, only refraining from doing something bad.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cTrust me, most people don\u2019t refrain.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the story itself is marvelous. The father is even worse than you think, and it’s not from evilness, but just because he’s self-centered and selfish.<\/p>\n

And it is your behaviour that has done this, Hartington: yours and Caroline\u2019s and Alexander\u2019s and Annabel\u2019s, because you resented that I, left a widower in the prime of life after a highly unsatisfactory marriage, considered my own happiness. All of you should be ashamed. All of you owe me and, far more, the Duchess a humble apology.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI, uh, I\u2019m Alexander, sir. Not Hartington. And Caroline is dead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s a pretty damned painful passage there.<\/p>\n

But really, the best part of this story is the slow planning of the heist, and discovering all the things going on under the surface.<\/p>\n

Publisher: KJC Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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