The long version is: the author we know as KJ Charles is actually some sort of time traveler, oracle, or otherwise magical individual, because Kim and Will and Maisie and Phoebe and the Peacocks are so breathtakingly real that they surely must have BEEN real at some point? Right? That is the only way I could so deeply love these storybook characters. 'He couldn't help being murdered,' Will protested.

'Really, that man, abandoning her like that without a word. How does the story combine all these hardcore feels and adorable, hilarious moments with all the accompanying violence and murder and intrigue of the mystery story? The short version is, I have no idea. This story is intense fluffy romance between a war-traumatised class-conscious hot jock and a sly, slippery, upper-class abuse survivor who is trying REALLY hard to grow a moral compass and sometimes succeeding? But other times is just copying the jock’s homework. 'You stupid b*stard, you’re true as steel.' You need to experience what I have just experienced: the epic highs and devastating lows of high school foot– no, sorry, of Will and Kim being devious-but-principled murder boyfriends. I would have advised you to do so before the release of this third book, but now the situation is urgent. If you haven't started this series, please get the first book immediately. 'If he didn't, he needs to sue himself for slander.' You will be extra-pointed or over-pointed or something like that, because this book is so brilliant it almost made my eyes bleed. In fact, you will be the direct opposite of disappointed. If you are as obsessed with the adventures of Will and Kim as I am, you will not be disappointed by the last instalment of their mystery romance. Subtle Blood is an entirely fabulous conclusion to an entirely fabulous series. 'It's not your fault in the slightest,' Will said strongly, then was forced to add, “just goes to show, there's a first time for everything.'

Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles