![]() I think I read somewhere that this was originally a serial and you can sort of tell now and again: repeated ideas and some themes expressed very explicitly. (Despite the fact that a talking dog joke could easily outstay its welcome)īecause I’m me, of course not everything totally worked for me. This isn’t a case of instant attraction-props for making him genuinely alien, not just a Star Trek alien with funny horns or whatever-but it soon becomes apparent that they bring out the best in each other, and I was genuinely rooting for them. ![]() She’s strong and bold in a none in-your-face way, and he’s allowed to be gentle and kind and sensitive, and all the things that romance hero’s often aren’t. The keyword here is *accidentally* as both Zylar and Beryl are genuinely good, if slightly damaged, people who haven’t especially managed to find their place in their society.īoth Beryl and Zylar are immensely likeable characters. ![]() ![]() It takes real skill not to let a batshit premise overwhelm the actual story you’re telling-and while Strange Love is unabashedly a romp (it has talking dog for heaven’s sake), it takes itself and its characters exactly seriously enough.īeryl, a hot mess of a human from contemporary earth (along with her dog, Snaps) is accidentally abducted by an alien being called Zylar and whisked back to his own planet to partake in a ritual after which she will become his life partner. ![]()
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