re: Flesh & Blood 21

[wednesday_10_00]

*keyboard mashing*
*incoherent flailing*

OMG FINALLYYYYYY T^T <-- tears of joy

OK, seriously: 21 books. No characters in the history of ever have taken this long to have sex. (Excluding the ones who never do, obviously.) But...maybe it was worth it? No, I'm not sure about that. Oh, so many frustrations to get to this point! But still, I'm glad she devoted basically the whole book to it. I mean the love scene itself was maybe 1/4 of the book (which is nothing to sneeze at!), but there was also the setup and aftermath, so all told, it was basically the entire book (basically just have to ignore skim try not to fall asleep during get through the Vicente chapters).

I honestly had sort of given up on this happening until the end of the series, after the notes at the end of 20 saying that she felt like she needed to Kaito and Geoffrey lots of time in that book to be lovey-dovey because the big battle with Spain was coming up. But then when I got 21, the obi said "nobody will interrupt their third night together!" Yay! But...wait, "third"? Really? We're counting that time when Kaito was dying of TB and was all, "hey, we could do it if you're careful and don't kiss me!"? Kaito, that was not your finest moment. I'm gonna go ahead and call that your worst idea ever, and that includes running away and getting captured by Vicente.

Ummm....I had a point here. I think it was "this book is awesome"? Because it is awesome. Highly satisfying. And I say that not just because the sex scene exists, but because it was a very, very nice sex scene.

(Very nice.)

Other stray thoughts:

• Kaito seducing Geoffrey is maybe the cutest thing ever. I really wanted to give him a kick in the pants when he wasn't going to go along with it. (Thank goodness I could tell from the pictures that he was going to change his mind, or I would have been SO MAD.)
  
  
• Geoffrey has the BL-est PTSD ever. I mean: he sleeps fine (as long as Kaito is there), and doesn't have any kind of anger or mood problems...he's just impotent, that is, until he eats some figs and Kaito shows some interest in having sex.
  
  
• What's the deal with Kaito saying that coffee is something couples drink the morning after having sex for the first time? Is that a British thing? Because on this side of the pond, we just drink coffee every day. (If it was a Japanese thing, surely that would have come up in some BL manga, right? I can't remember ever seeing it.)
  
  
• Nigel knows right away, because of course he does.
  
  
• I seriously think I never want to read Nigel's POV again for the rest of the series. "I'll love Kaito forever, and I'm miserable, but I want my friends to be happy, I'm such a martyr blah blah blah--" Look, Nigel, I love you, but seriously, give it a rest and get with Kit. We'll all be much happier.
  
  
• When Vicente said goodbye to Alonso (Look, I paid attention to something in Vicente's chapter!), I was suddenly worried that Alonso was going to die in battle. Dangit. I sort of don't want anybody to die in the upcoming battle, except maybe Raul because ughhhhh so bored of him.
  
  
• Speaking of Raul...he's evil but he wants Spain to lose, so...conflicted? The happy outcome of the battle is England wins but Raul's plot is somehow foiled anyway? (What about the guys from Spain that we actually like? It's going to be a bittersweet victory, I guess.) To be honest, I get so bored when Raul comes on screen lately that I'm not even sure what his plot IS, exactly (other than Spain needs to lose), so I don't even know if that's possible. I guess his plot is foiled if he dies, though, and they'll totally let Juan get his revenge, right?

This just came out, but I'm already anxious for the next one. *gasp* I love this series again! Yay!