Ummmmmmmmm *fans self*
Who knew buttoning up collars could be so freaking hot? I am clearly all about that fin de siecle repression. At this rate, if and when they finally have a proper make-out, I will spontaneously combust.
Also, I am pleased to note that (1) dead bodies continue to pile up, (2) clearly Alicia must be adopted or a genetic mutation because the rest of her family are total psychos; and (3) Alicia x Julio still look like one of those gorgeous turn of the century illustrations. Like something to illustrate Jeffery Farnol’s A Definite Object,* or a similar type of novel, designed to get pre-WW1 showgirls to swoon.
I loooove that book. It totally deserves its own post. It’s about a borderline suicidal (because he has nothing worthwhile to live for) millionaire who pretends to be poor and goes to live in the slums because he wants to meet this poor but awesome, gorgeous, hardworking, pure etc girl who he came across accidentally earlier. There is a ton of angst and gangs and boxing and car racing and the most delicious h/c known to man as he takes a bullet for her and almost dies and they have a deathbed wedding, but he survives and is so desperate for her but she won’t sleep with him (hinted in perfectly genteel manner :P) because she feels guilty about his wound etc. Basically, perfect for me.
