Your Love Sickness by Hayate Kuku
Your Love Sickness
by Hayate Kuku
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8366222
I set to work reading this book during my lunch breaks this week. I loved it and can see why it would be a favorite :-)
I loved the fox-spirits. I didn't love how often they needed to remind us of the fact that they were from different classes, but that was its only drawback for me. I loved their situation, their protectiveness of each other, and the passion they had for each other. I loved the amusing little wrinkles of "where did the statues go?" or "we'd better bind these statues in place so they can't leave" from the humans who don't realize their fox-spirit statues are going off to have the sex all the time *EG* The flashbacks to when they'd first met or were in training were adorable. I loved the sacrifice of giving up something of themselves to help the other. And I really loved the tails. OMG yes.
I was sad when the fox-spirits' tales (see what I did there?) were over. But I was actually pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed all of the other stories in this collection. That's rare for me; usually there are some stories I like and some I don't, but this was a great combination of stories I really liked!
There's a story about a weather god falling for a mortal and the mortal going back to him (reminded me of some Celtic faerie stories). I loved the passion and attraction in that. In "Cheeping" I loved the way the hurt model with a broken leg falls for his food delivery guy but is a bit shy and antisocial... and his food delivery guy's been attracted to him since the first time he set foot in the restaurant. Awwww. And the police officer who was childhood friends with a man who's now a gang leader was a lot of that "we can't have a relationship; we're from different worlds!" but given that they had a childhood together, they're actually from the same world and the gang leader's just trying to take care of the town not just because of gang/family obligation but because of his loyalty and memories of his friend. Another awwwwwww.
I really enjoyed this book.