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Bella Swan meets the perfect boy during her junior year, but when she finds out he’s a freshman, and an evil mastermind, all hell breaks lose.
There are very few writers that can capture tone as well as Twanza does. She plays her words like a master musician plays music, carrying the reader into the core emotion of the story like a movie score heightens drama, suspense and romance.
The tone of Love in Idleness is charming and whimsical. If adults were allowed to admit that they liked to be read to at bedtime as they were in childhood, this would be the kind of story they would want to hear. The narrating voice of the story is like another character, lovingly telling us of our two favorite young people. If you’ve ever seen the movie Chocolat with Johnny Depp, that’s the voice that narrates this piece for me: a gentle, even voice that occasionally leans forward, whispering a gossipy aside about the residents of the story. Mrs. Cope has a schoolgirl crush on Charlie Swan. Mr. Berty – a grown man – thinks of a teenage kid as a nemesis. Edward and Bella themselves are frequently distracted from their train of thought by idle fantasy and… breasts.
For all its whimsy, the characterization in Love in Idleness is not lacking in the slightest. This is the classic Edward and Bella we know and love but uniquely delightful in their own ways. Here, Edward’s typical arrogance is tempered by awkwardness – which is perfect given that, when the story begins, he is a 14 year old boy with a brilliant mind and a budding crush. And Bella is mostly as we remember her: not wanting to be a bother to her father, slightly separate from her peers and a little aghast at her smitten thoughts revolving around a certain underclassman.
Trust me. You can’t blame the girl for being attracted to Babyward. You just know he’s going to be a lady killer… in a few years.
“I’m shy.” Edward wanted to tell her that she was the only girl he wanted to go out with – probably the only girl he would ever want to go out with – but a fledging sense of self-preservation kept him from admitting it out loud.
“Yeah, right.” Bella teased, but she knew that it was at least partially true. For all of his bravado, there was something sweet and self-effacing about him.
“I am.” He noticed, not for the first time how pretty her eyes were when she blinked.
“That’s why you’re hanging on the tree outside of my bedroom window.” She knew he wouldn’t come inside because of a sense of propriety, but she had never really encouraged him to either.
“I don’t want to do it wrong and be gross.” Edward didn’t have many fears, but being repugnant to Bella was one of them.
“What? When you kiss someone?” Bella knew for a fact, that Edward could never be gross, even though, sometimes, he still looked like he could be a girl.
“I might be all –” Edward stuck out his tongue and waved it around his mouth, then side to side, making his lips all wet and shiny. He wiped his mouth on the back of his arm and cocked an eyebrow at her. “See?”
But they don’t remain children forever. Watching these slightly ridiculous teenagers become slightly ridiculous adults is proving to be a fantastic ride.
While I love angst in all its permutations, this simply complicated, fanciful, beautiful story has owned my heart thoroughly and completely. It’s witty, and wonderful, including all of our favorite characters and a couple we wouldn’t have thought of – even a lovely, spunky fairy named Mote.
Everything Twanza writes is a true treasure, sticking out among the typical themes you find in fiction in general and this fandom in particular. But Love in Idleness will just make you happy in that giddy, giggling kind of way. And that, I think, is well worth the read.
I have tried to think of what I can say about this story to let you know that I think it’s famazing and I think you should read it. I don’t have the words, so just trust me. This story is famazing and you should read it!
I love twanza–she’s a great writer and definitely can weave a tale. Love in Idleness is interesting with strong characters and a captivating plot–I just don’t know how to explain what it’s about. It’s hot. It’s intriguing. You’ll be sitting at the edge of your seat to see what happens next. Check it out–I mean it.
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