{"id":26429,"date":"2026-03-29T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26429"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:48:28","slug":"the-sugared-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26429","title":{"rendered":"The Sugared Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sugared Game<\/em><\/a> (2020) KJ Charles<\/a> (The Will Darling Adventures #2)<\/p>\n

\"SugaredSet in England in 1924<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re Welsh,\u201d Will pointed out. \u201cYou\u2019ve got no room to talk about spelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing wrong with Welsh spelling, thank you,\u201d Maisie said, with an edge on her accent. <\/p>\n

\u201cCome off it. You put two \u2018l\u2019s in everything and don\u2019t say any of them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s ridiculous to squeeze women my shape into styles that don\u2019t suit, and I shan\u2019t 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\u2019ve someone else\u2019s,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He wasn\u2019t much of a liar, and people rarely had trouble telling when he disliked them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cScars are always beautiful,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThey\u2019re proof we lived.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: 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<\/p>\n

Cover by Tiferet Design<\/p>\n

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

The Sugared Game (2020) KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures #2) Set in England in 1924 \u201cYou\u2019re Welsh,\u201d Will pointed out. \u201cYou\u2019ve got no room to talk about spelling.\u201d \u201cNothing wrong with Welsh spelling, thank you,\u201d Maisie said, with an edge on her accent. \u201cCome off it. You put two \u2018l\u2019s in everything and don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[191,30,292,33,8,148,41,56,936],"tags":[581,50,546,476,544,767],"class_list":["post-26429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mystery","category-queer","category-reread","category-sexual-content","category-single-point-of-view","tag-bisexual","tag-boinking","tag-interwar-period","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm","tag-will-darling-adventures"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6Sh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24243,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24243","url_meta":{"origin":26429,"position":0},"title":"The Sugared Game","author":"Michelle","date":"February 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sugared Game (2020) KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures, #2) Set in London in 1924 \"Do you ever have the feeling the whole world changed while we were away and nobody bothered to mention it to us?\" \u201cI know you\u2019ve thought about this,\u201d Will said. \u201cBut there are men\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sugared Game","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sugared-Game.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13385,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13385","url_meta":{"origin":26429,"position":1},"title":"The Sugared Game","author":"Michelle","date":"August 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sugared Game (2020) K.J. 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