The Darkling Thrush - Josh Lanyon Aw, I wanted to like this more than I did...
I liked the magic aspect of the story, but I just couldn't get into the relationship between Septimus and Colin. Like another reviewer mentioned, I just felt a disconnect between them...I mean, Septimus is that slightly brooding and intriguing character I like, but I guess I was a little...disconcerted with how close his whole *slight spoiler* 'I have to kill you now because of orders' thing was going to happen and then later all the 'I love yous' and 'I would die for you' exchanged, though they only interacted a handful of times.
I want to excuse their fast connection on the whole magic thing, but I just couldn't bring myself to...

I read the Christmas Coda for them that JL posted on his blog and in that one I found the spark and connection between them that seemed to be lacking here....