HEART OF IRON Ch. 4

Great so far. I'm really warming up to J.C. as a whole human. I can't wait to dig into more. I'm afraid I'm going to get hurt feelings if something bad happens to any characters.

Could you flesh out a little more on what exactly a "marble" is in this story? I'm not sure if this is a drug reference, or if it's a slang term for the fae folk with marbled complexions, or something else.

I was going to comment that there was a discrepancy in that JC's parole officer called them "Mr. Scott" after JC's dead name had been erased from existence, but then I realized JC kept the last name Scott. So all the parole officer did was misgender and not dead name. Though it feels like it's a little bit of both.... When speaking one-on-one with a person, it's hard to know if that person misgenders you except for honorifics like this. Does the parole officer misgender JC in other discussions, with other people? I know when speaking with certain medical professionals here in Texas and various governmental agencies, they insist they have to go with the gender as stated in the identification documents. But Bob also changed JC's gender designator from M to X, so that wouldn't necessarily be the argument the patrol officer would use to support calling JC Mr. Scott, would it? But what honorific would you give a non-binary person if you are insistent upon formality and using honorific and last name? Perhaps someone, JC or another character or somebody, could suggest to the parole officer a non-gendered honorific to use informal circumstances, if only in their own particular case? I'm having a hard time determining whether the parole officer genuinely is trying but is too overloaded and tired to do more than rely on the old familiar, or whether the parole officer is actually resistant, possibly even non-gender phobic?

Soooo goood so far, loving this take on the story world.

Love love love this is such a good read

The last sentence was so ominous 😳

Another excellent chapter! One misspelling did stand out, though -- "Graffitied' not "Gratified"; Probably an automatic spellcheck gaff...

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JC is such a sweet soul! They deserve all the good things happening! *Nervously side-eyes the vague direction of chapter 5* I have a question: you mentioned something a few chapters ago about Bob and Cyrus being good with drinks but not baking. Does that mean, in the book universe, eating Fae-made food doesn't curse mortals?

Oh no! What’s coming! I can’t wait till Friday!

These chapters make me look forward to Mondays!

Trying to find that jewellery after so many years, that is dedication. JC is really trying to be better.

JC is best and I am happy for them! No matter what comes next.

Loving this series. Thank you!