{"id":19544,"date":"2022-01-11T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T01:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19544"},"modified":"2024-01-13T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T13:05:29","slug":"an-irregular-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19544","title":{"rendered":"An Irregular Arrangement"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Irregular Arrangement<\/em> A. L. Lester<\/a> (Border Magic)<\/p>\n

\"AnSet in England in 1920.<\/p>\n

This is a short story set in the Border Magic world.<\/p>\n

Tim and Flora are best friends who chose to get married to make things safer for Tim and his lover, Rupert. <\/p>\n

Val is finally twenty one and ready to leave their family–until Flora finds them in a tree, picking apples for a widow’s children, and proposes that Val come home with her.<\/p>\n

It’s a quick romance about how the four came to be together, starting with the meeting between Val and Flora and closing as London is evacuated for WWII.<\/p>\n

It’s quite clear that although Rupert and Tim are the couple, Flora is an important part of both their lives, not just Tim, to whom she is married.<\/p>\n

Flora pulled a face at him. \u201cI was very polite,\u201d she said. \u201cBut also, very clear.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOh,\u201d said Tim. \u201cWhat do you mean, oh?\u201d <\/p>\n

There was a small, nervous pause. \u201cSome people…can find you…quite intimidating when you\u2019re being very clear,\u201d Rupert finally said, carefully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also think it’s very sweet that Tim thought becoming a vicar would allow him to do good in the world.<\/p>\n

It’s less of a short story, and more of a vignette into the lives of these four people.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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