I love a good mystery, and I love the 20s as a setting.
But I usually avoid queer titles under the historic genre because they are always so sad it’s genuinely painful.
the author won my taking a chance on this series both with witty 20s slang translations on tiktok, and because own voices representation of mlm relationships is incredibly hard to find in print let alone audio.
things aren’t perfect for the characters of double vice by any means, and there are the kind of heavy moments that bring gravitas to a mystery and make the reader care for the victim, curious about the suspects, and wary of the crime crawling big city streets of 20s new york.
But our main cast is alive, they have friends, lovers, and feelings that aren’t limited to a grief for who they are that is so familiar when other people tell historic queer stories.
further appreciated is the mindful use of terms and their meaning to the community here and now, while still representing the time of the setting.
all in all
a solid first book, and I hope each new title will grow and improve.
I’m off to dive into #2 right now.