![]() ![]() The werewolves become defenders of the weak and the life force is expressed through family and lifelong love and the dignified acceptance of the inevitability of death. The Fey embody the impersonal malevolence that chews up the people we love. ‘Dead Heat’ is a modern fairytale and, like the old fairytales, it takes real hopes and fears and dresses them up to be things that we can handle from a distance. ![]() In some ways, the impact of the book on my mood is similar to the impact that Anna has as an Omega on the werewolves around here: she quiets their angry hunger and brings them peace. ![]() While I read this, I was able to let go of the anxiety and the anger and give myself up to a different version of the world, one where the monsters are more compassionate than the people we elect into power. So it was a relief to feel myself slipping into a book and just relaxing. As the pandemic grinds on, Brexit starts to bite and the venal incompetence and fundamental inhumanity of our leadership starts to be accepted as normal as part of that it-could-be-worse coping mechanism the English use as an alternative to political struggle, I’ve been losing the struggle for serenity (Is that an oxymoron or a statement that I’m not doing it right?). ![]()
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