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  Adib Khorram is one of those authors that I think I just like. I remember the Darius the Great books tore a hole through my brain when I read them, so obviously I was going to read The Breakup Lists when it came out. The blurb is pretty short, it says that when it comes to finding the cons in a relationship – his own or someone else’s – no one writes a better breakup list than Jackson. Some might call him a cynic, but Jackson prefers to think of himself as a realist. Which is why it’s good that he and Liam are just friends . But doth the stage manager protest too much? That’s all there is for the blurb, but there’s also a list on the back for Liam that reads: Liam is (probably) straight, actors and stage crew don’t mix, he’s too tall, (and too nice), and too good at acting, (love just leads to heartbreak anyway), Jackson’s sister is already falling for him. The bracketed ones are actually struck through on the book, but I didn’t know how the strike through option would transla...

  So today I’m talking about The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J Brown, which is the sequel to All That’s Left in the World . For a little bit of lore on me, I loved the prequel to this book so much so to the point that in November of 2023, I was going to this k-pop event called Korea on Stage, and then just before I booked my hotel and trains for the event down to London I saw that Erik J Brown was doing a book event the night before Korea on Stage, so I ended up extending my stay in London an extra night so that I could go to this event. All of this culminated in the fact that now I have two copies of All That’s Left in the World , one of which is signed, all because I completely forgot to bring my copy with me down to London, and that I had the chance to chat with Brown for a bit. Anyway, the blurb says that Andrew and Jamie once saved each other. But their future together is uncertain. After a dangerous journey through a ravaged world, Andrew and Jamie finally found a comm...