Rebel

This is a MM set right before then after the American Revolutionary War with the politics associated with Royalists/Torys and then those fighting to see America a self-governing nation. The main characters here are just meeting and beginning their friendship and it's a very sweet one. However, it ends with tragedy. No deaths here, just the couple ripped apart by politics and fear as the Revolutionary War kicks off. The main series sees them reunited with all the angst that comes with that. I like that Malcolm released this so that you're not just thrown into the series with them hating each other over a shared past we otherwise wouldn't know about.Malcolm is going to become one of my favourite writers in MM, I think. Her book [b:The Last Kiss 51107671 The Last Kiss Sally Malcolm https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1581279273l/51107671.SY75.jpg 75902984] was great and when I finished it, I was disappointed to see it was her only foray into the genre. I'm very excited to get into this series.

This is short, sweet, and heartfelt, with some significant internalized homophobia (and external homophobia; the setting is 1775 Rhode Island). I liked it and I look forward to reading the novel that it's a prequel to.

this shit fuckin RULED