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And What Can We Offer You Tonight

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I enjoyed this so much more than I expected to - it was a delight! The story has resonance and I'll be thinking about it for a while. I just wish there was more!

Premise - a client kills a sex worker in a world of extreme wealth inequality, but the dead sex worker returns for revenge.

I didn't mind the experimental writing style at all and found the story haunting and beautiful. It was easy to root for the characters, even when I disagreed with their choices. I just wish the story went deeper into the world building, the plot, the characters, everything - I think I'll always be a novel over novella girl.

Thanks, NetGalley and Neon Hemlock, for the gifted ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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For me, And What Can We Offer You Tonight was a confusing mess with a decent idea that never hit its potential. The story follows Jewel who is a courtesan in a luxurious house. Jewel's friend Winfield is killed by a client but then during her funeral Winfield wakes up and wants revenge. This is a cool idea but then everything just felt jumbled and confusing.

I’m not a writer so I hate calling someone’s hard work confusing but I was confused for most of this short story. I never had a full grasp of what was really going on and I did not get any resolution I was hoping to get.

I love novellas and how authors can fit so much character development and world-building in such a short story but I also found that lacking in this book too.

For me, this is sadly a very difficult book for me to recommend, even with how short it is.

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