Smoke Signals by Meredith Katz7/7/2023 I understand that romance with a non-human character may not be for everyone, but personally, Smoke Signal was one of my favourite reads of the year.Ĭute cover snagged my attention first, but then. While he has a pseudohuman form that he often uses around Mike, I appreciated that this form wasn’t fully human and Zali’thurg still retained several characteristics of his species. While there is a quite explicit sex scene, even that is intriguing in terms of cultural differences, and Zali’thurg’s, well, dragonness. I also spent most of it grinning ear-to-ear – there are quite a few humorous parts or comments, and some really sweet gestures coming from both love interests. First, I related to Mike’s customer service job and his difficult customers, and later I was pulled in by the gradually developing relationship between him and Zali’thurg. Honestly, I adored this story from the beginning to the end. There’s also an adorable romance, cultural differences that lead to awkwardness, dragon lore incorporated into modern human culture, communication about boundaries, knitting and cooking shows… It’s not often that you find videogames, customer service, Black Friday sales and real, actual dragons in the same story, but Smoke Signals certainly ticks all those boxes. #IndieAthon is off to a great start, because wow, this book was amazing. I received a copy through NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.
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