{"id":20073,"date":"2022-07-02T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T22:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:24:57","slug":"color-of-you-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20073","title":{"rendered":"Color of You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Color of You<\/a><\/em> (2017) C.S. Poe<\/a> (A Lancaster Story)<\/p>\n

\"Color<\/a>I think I finally figured out why this is my least favorite story in this series. Although it has a mystery (good!) and I adore the characters (good!) the dynamic between the couple isn’t standard (good!) and the misunderstandings are … understandable, something has always felt off about this story.<\/p>\n

I decided it’s because everything works out too well, too perfectly.<\/p>\n

And the characters other stories appear, and it’s just… it’s a lot. And it makes it feel improbable.<\/p>\n

That said, I do really enjoy the story. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019re the odds of me keeping all my fingers?\u201d I asked Alan. <\/p>\n

\u201cI dunno. Have you used a hacksaw before?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cProbably not that good, then,\u201d Alan answered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHey,\u201d I said, flipping through the printed-out emails. \u201cWhat\u2019s up? These emails are from himself to himself.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYup,\u201d Stephen laughed. \u201cHe literally typed up a story and mailed it to himself.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom his school account,\u201d I continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Emporium Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Although it has a mystery (good!) and I adore the characters (good!) the dynamic between the couple isn’t standard (good!) and the misunderstandings are … understandable, something has always felt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,668,292,742,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,180,647,617,544],"class_list":["post-20073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-5-10","category-comfort-read","category-ebook","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-c-s-poe","tag-chronic-illness","tag-injury","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5dL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21838,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21838","url_meta":{"origin":20073,"position":0},"title":"Color of You","author":"Michelle","date":"April 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Color of You (2017) C.S. 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