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I've only just started this, but want to say that I would totally be down for and entire novel dedicated to Mr Prior and his missing lover.

Oh god I am in an emotional vortex of anxiety. I'm pretty sure I know what's happening, but then I know that what's happening was all bound for some reason so now I'm stressing out.

Only a few pages in, but it's been so long since I read the last book that I've forgotten a lot of the important titles and translations of some faie terms. I need a freaking glossary. Still exciting though, and I'm remembering a lot of the previous threads through context.

I've simply flown through the first part of this book, quiet, soft and startlingly real. But I had to pause here to explain the stab of nostalgia that I felt when reading about the soldiers learning cross stitch. My grandmother was a nurse during WW2, and she told stories of physiotherapy with the soldiers where they learned how to embroider the insignia of their own regiment. There is truth, humor and tragedy there.