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“A kiss might be blameless, so long as it was the other person doing the leaning. Was it your fault, really, if someone else kissed you?”

The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky

June 16, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

What if A.S. Byatt’s Possession popped up again in the internet age? The Portrait of a Mirror answers that question with a heaping helping of Greek mythology to boot. Diana, Wes, Dale, and Vivien are spoiled obsessives staring at themselves into eternity. They are slimy people, but you know what? I don’t care! I want them to be happy in their clandestine adventures, and I want them to be miserable in their public falling outs! Wes and Diana are married. Their relationship is a constant sparring match that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A. Natasha Joukovsky, A.S. Byatt, anna karenina, ARC, art, contemporary, forbidden love, Greek myth, marriage plot, mythology, narcissus, NetGalley, possession, privilege, rich people problems, Tech Bros, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A. Natasha Joukovsky, A.S. Byatt, anna karenina, ARC, art, contemporary, forbidden love, Greek myth, marriage plot, mythology, narcissus, NetGalley, possession, privilege, rich people problems, Tech Bros, The Metropolitan Museum of Art ·
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