Swordspoint

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I am rereading Swordspoint for Jaida's bookclub, as it's been many, many years (probably almost a decade) since I last read it. I had forgotten how overtly sexual it was, and wonder if I even picked up on all of the sexuality in my first read of it -- I recall rereading passages then because I was unsure it said what it seemed to. I had also fogotten how unbelievably stressful i find Alec and St Vier's relationship -- the lack of communication skills, the elephants on the able -- all done expertly of course, but these are characters that rouse a nervous ache in me. Of course, there's also a sense of familiarity to them that soothes me. Certainly the power dynamic between them is very weird and complex, something a lot of writers could learn from.