Honey in the Marrow

I just finished Honey in the Marrow last night. I stayed up way too late to finish it. It is an achingly tender love story of two older women who discover their sapphic tendencies later in life. It was refreshing to have older characters and the depiction of their physical overtures and longing was poignant and spot on. Ultimately, it was a story of finding one's self later in life and embracing change. I loved it and highly recommend.

When I say I want a slow burn romance that makes me FEEL something, this is exactly the kind of storytelling I mean.

Every character contains multitudes and—though the book is short—the character development is excellent.

If you’ve read the fanfic this is adapted from, you should also read this book. The changes to the story were well done, but I still imagined the characters as if from the fic. Heh.

4.5 stars