The Road to Silver Plume

It really snuck up on me how much I came to love the characters in this story, and even the book itself. This was my second Allen book (chosen simply because I LOVED the first one) and, even for how slow her plots and relationships are to develop, there is something so unbelievably warm about her writing.

The only complaint I've got is that I wish there'd been more physical closeness. I wanted lingering touches, soft and warm and intimate. Especially at the end of the book. (Though, I will admit, they really weren't given an opportunity for it... I was at least wanting a lingering hug!)