Saturday, August 27, 2022

“The Curse of the Black Cat” by Lou Wilham

I got this book for free online and it was a cute quick read. It’s about a prince who’s gay and doesn’t want to be, he begs a witch to turn him straight and the witch instead turns him into a cat until he can love himself. He lives an immortal life as a cat until he’s in modern-day New York City and gets adopted by a gay chef. Upon seeing his owner getting his heart broken by some shitty guy, he enters into another deal with the witch to turn into a human for a few hours a day to woo his chef. And through that he learns to love himself and isn’t a cat anymore. Yay!

So it’s a short story, and there isn’t a ton there to dissect. But definitely worth it to be able to read on the train. I’m not a huge fan of stories where being in a relationship saves someone, especially when it comes to queerness since hey aromantic people exist. But this story was honestly so short that I don’t think it’s worth it to criticize it on that front.

That statement might tell you all you need to know about how I feel about this story, haha. It’s short and fine, nothing to super write home about. But nice to pass the time.

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