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A review by relly
A Friend in the Dark by Gregory Ashe, C.S. Poe
4.0
Thanks Mindless Elf Indulgence
4 Stars
I enjoyed this collaboration between these two authors. I feel like they are a good mesh.
Both Rufus and Sam are flawed and both deal with their issues indifferent ways.
Sam comes across as quite abrasive at the start and once he opens up to Rufus and shares his reasoning he becomes a totally different person, one who is doing everything he can to be what Rufus needs. He has no idea how to be in a relationship or what it entails but he is thinking it out and trying to be what is needed. Sometimes he stresses himself out trying to work out what it is he is meant to be doing but Rufus comes to and lets him know he doesn't need it.
Rufus seems a little bit more open than Sam with his happyish personality, but he is also the one hiding the most important parts, and the one that is more stringent in opening himself up to Sam. I enjoyed their back and forth as they started a quasi relationship and slowly started to trust each other.
The storyline was an interesting one as they both deal with their individual loss, and while I picked who did it and who was involved, I have no idea about the reasons why. I liked that Sam was at least honest about his friend and understood how it came about. The ending killed me but stayed with the character of Rufus for me, I fully expected him to do something like that. I just didn't expect Sam to do what he did, although looking back on it, they aren't compatible when it comes to where they each live. Sam isn't really capable of living within the city so I will be interested to see where it goes in the next book.
4 Stars
I enjoyed this collaboration between these two authors. I feel like they are a good mesh.
Both Rufus and Sam are flawed and both deal with their issues indifferent ways.
Sam comes across as quite abrasive at the start and once he opens up to Rufus and shares his reasoning he becomes a totally different person, one who is doing everything he can to be what Rufus needs. He has no idea how to be in a relationship or what it entails but he is thinking it out and trying to be what is needed. Sometimes he stresses himself out trying to work out what it is he is meant to be doing but Rufus comes to and lets him know he doesn't need it.
Rufus seems a little bit more open than Sam with his happyish personality, but he is also the one hiding the most important parts, and the one that is more stringent in opening himself up to Sam. I enjoyed their back and forth as they started a quasi relationship and slowly started to trust each other.
The storyline was an interesting one as they both deal with their individual loss, and while I picked who did it and who was involved, I have no idea about the reasons why. I liked that Sam was at least honest about his friend and understood how it came about. The ending killed me but stayed with the character of Rufus for me, I fully expected him to do something like that. I just didn't expect Sam to do what he did, although looking back on it, they aren't compatible when it comes to where they each live. Sam isn't really capable of living within the city so I will be interested to see where it goes in the next book.