Band Sinister
by K.J. Charles
Fairly silly and quite satisfying. (Except for the broken leg --- fuckin flashbacks!!! It was a much less scary break, but I was sobbing without the strongest opiates of the 2020s.) Stayed up late to finish it, whoops. I do think the author gets so caught up in disrupting some of the tropes that she doesn't spend enough time enjoying them. For ex there is an age gap (hot!), but you actually have to do the math to realize it. Both is good!
KJ Charles really Gets Me, because yes I do want to hear about the history and science of sugar beet cultivation as a welcome breather from Emotional Honesty Hours.