Seven for a Secret (Timothy Wilde #2) - Lyndsay Faye
I'm devastated that this next book is the last book featuring Timothy Wilde and his tales of the first police force in 1840s New York City. Timothy Wilde and his brother, Valentine, are quickly making their way up my list of favorite characters.
"I'd prefer you ravenously jealous...because if you can't be jealous once at least, you can never love me. Can you? You could love me on paper, perhaps. From an ocean's distance. In theory. With a quill in your hand, meditating on the breadcrumb-teakettle-washboard little details of my life in New York. None of it would be enough. I can live as a mere idea to you. But minute of your every hour and if you don't want the same of me, in the flesh, then I can't need you any longer and live as I should. So I'll allow myself to think that if you never come back, I'll survive it."
Letter from Timothy to Mercy.
After reading it again, I realize that passage sounds a little stalker-ish. I promise that within the context of the novel it's beautiful. Like most of this book. It's beautiful and gritty all at the same time.
Read 1/31/2020 - 2/4/2020
