Some of that is foreshadowing and she gets around to explaining things later in the series. Not helpful when you want the explanation now, though. There are also 4 short stories available for free download where stuff happens.
I love what happens with the tattoos later, which I won't spoil you for. I also love the dialogue in general, but specifically the exchanges between Crane & Stephen and between Crane & Merrick, and any time Crane tells someone to get stuffed in true Victorian fashion. And I completely adore Stephen. My biggest complaint with the Magpie series is that it only has 3 books in it (and the aforementioned short stories).
I just finished Charles' collection of Simon Feximal short stories. They weren't bad, but I didn't like them as much as the Magpie books.
I'm also just starting to work my way through Jordan L. Hawk's Whyborne & Griffin series. They're another M/M Victorian-era couple, but this series is set in Massachusetts and has a lot of references to Lovecraft in it (Dr. Percival Endicott Whyborne got his doctorate from Miskatonic University). I've only read the first book so far, but I liked it. And Whyborne & Griffin eventually get a crossover with Simon Feximal, which is why I read those stories.
So much stuff to read, so little time. But I've now completed 120% of my reading goal for the year on Goodreads, and I'm on track to finish another book tomorrow.
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Date: 2015-07-02 03:53 am (UTC)From:I love what happens with the tattoos later, which I won't spoil you for. I also love the dialogue in general, but specifically the exchanges between Crane & Stephen and between Crane & Merrick, and any time Crane tells someone to get stuffed in true Victorian fashion. And I completely adore Stephen. My biggest complaint with the Magpie series is that it only has 3 books in it (and the aforementioned short stories).
I just finished Charles' collection of Simon Feximal short stories. They weren't bad, but I didn't like them as much as the Magpie books.
I'm also just starting to work my way through Jordan L. Hawk's Whyborne & Griffin series. They're another M/M Victorian-era couple, but this series is set in Massachusetts and has a lot of references to Lovecraft in it (Dr. Percival Endicott Whyborne got his doctorate from Miskatonic University). I've only read the first book so far, but I liked it. And Whyborne & Griffin eventually get a crossover with Simon Feximal, which is why I read those stories.
So much stuff to read, so little time. But I've now completed 120% of my reading goal for the year on Goodreads, and I'm on track to finish another book tomorrow.