danforth-and it was a helluva long sell, one I didn't think I was gonna buy into, but then I did). danforth), I want the creeping uncertainty and ensnarement of being drawn into whatever the heck was brewing between Merritt and Harper and Audrey (Plain Bad Heroines by emily m.
I want the torture of Melisande Shahrizai withholding from Phedre no Delaunay with both knowing they'd be well matched in beds and wits (Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey), I want Ash awakening to the realization of her desire for Kaisa in the way river water slips down Kaisa's neck (Ash by Malinda Lo), I want Cameron Post sinking inexorably into Coley Taylor (and Coley into her) (The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. I want the deliciousness of the build up, the luxury of indulgent language, the ache of longing and yearning, the academy award winning glance choreography, the seduction-between the characters and of me, the reader by the text-and veiled words and unspoken promises and silent challenges and flowery platitudes and feeling the heat of a body so physically close but the fulfillment of desire so far away. I want the tension drawn so taut that it's gonna snap if I so much as dare to exhale. Guys, I want to stew in the anticipation. That's where it definitely lost me on the romance front.
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